Page 10 - Sports Energy News, Cornwall, Issue No 147

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‘Livin The Dream’ becomes a comical exercise in always cast skyward, searching

layering, leading many to adopt for signs of stability within the
peculiarities that can confound the great Canadian spring wear ever-fluctuating climate.
even the most seasoned weather of parkas and shorts, toques and
enthusiast. Navigating through sandals. Our stale homes, awakening
the capriciousness of spring from hibernation, inspire spring
requires adaptability, humour, Moreover, spring has a cleaning urges – which present
and a keen eye on the ever peculiar penchant for oscillating their own quirky challenges.
between beauty and chaos, The impulse to dust away
shifting, and often hysterical,
weather app! showcasing blooming flowers winter cobwebs and declutter
and budding trees, while feels invigorating, yet it quickly
One of the most notable simultaneously unleashing becomes evident that a few more
challenges of spring is, of unpredictable showers and Saturdays than planned will
course, the indecisive weather. gusty winds, or even ice-rain! be spent buried in the garage
By Janeen Wagemans It’s almost as if the atmosphere The arrival of the season is often or closet, contemplating the
itself is struggling to decide if heralded by increasingly erratic sentimental value of old t-shirts.
pring, a season often it’s ready to shed its winter coat weather patterns, a phenomenon Decision-making becomes
Ssynonymous with renewal or dive headfirst into summer’s that tests the preparedness of surreal; do childhood bowling
and rebirth, is not without embrace. You wake up to a
umbrellas and spiked shoes. Just trophies spark joy, or are they
its quirky challenges. This snowstorm requiring that winter when you think winter is out the relics destined for the donation
transitional period between coat and boots, only to be greeted door, it can pop back in with a pile?
the stark cold of winter and by a balmy afternoon that leaves vengeance for a final hurrah!
the blistering heat of summer you questioning your sartorial Socially, spring’s arrival often
But don’t worry. Soon means navigating an onslaught
brings with it an assortment of choices. Dressing appropriately
enough the snow and ice will of invitations to picnics,
be replaced with billowing barbecues, wedding and/or
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allergy sufferers. Nasal sprays invitation with a dramatically
and antihistamines become changing weather forecast, often
“Dream as big as you can dream,and anything is possible.”
as essential as sunscreen, as resulting in events that straddle
Michael Phelps sneezing fits become a regular, the line between gleeful and

albeit unwanted, part of the day. disappointing - warm and sunny
The conundrum lies in balancing or buried under a last, dramatic

  the gratitude for blossoming snowstorm or layer of ice-rain!


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nature with the misery of watery of spring lies in its ability to
mischief
the
Ultimately,
eyes and an itchy throat.
     Spring also presents reflect the space between two
challenges beyond personal dominant seasons—with all
discomfort; it often holds its messy unpredictability. But

sway over agriculture and perhaps this is an opportunity;
gardening endeavors. Farmers a reminder to embrace the
and gardeners stand on alert, as mercurial nature of life itself,
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Celebrating 38 years early, and frost might decimate ice, and pollen are part of it.
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