I woke up this morning and what did I see???
Nope. NOT Popcorn popping on the Apricot tree. F*%$#ng snow…. Gotta love spring in Utah.
For those of you not raised in the LDS Church, you may not recognize this reference. We grew up singing this song, which, it turns out, was written by the mother of a man I worked with for years. I remember him telling me his mother wrote the venerable tune, and I was damned impressed. Even in my youthful apostacy.
The song goes like this:
I looked out the window and what did I see?
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree!
Spring has brought me such a nice surprise
Blossoms popping right before my eyes
I could take an armful and make a treat
A popcorn ball that would be so sweet
It wasn’t really so, but it seemed to be
Popcorn popping on the apricot tree!
You can listen to it here on Rhapsody! You know you want to…..
Stupid snow.
March 27th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Noooo…I don’t want to listen to it. Any more than I wanted that damn snow to be falling this morning on my lawn.
Will this stinkin’ winter ever end?
March 27th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
The answer is… NO. Hee hee.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Even we are getting the snow in Oregon.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Oh come on, Natalie: it was beautiful and you know it. Snow in March is truly a gift of beauty–you know it is not going to stick, so you get to watch the big lovely flakes fall and settle the world into peace.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Snow is only beautiful in November and December. There’s a law somewhere that says that….
March 29th, 2008 at 5:39 am
I still sing that song in the spring to my kids. I think it’s a loverly celebration of nature. And there’s no mention of Jeebus in it.
March 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
I agree with Natalie. There must be a law. Somewhere.
I like some songs with Jeebus in them but Primary songs give me the willies. Probably because the one time I went with a friend my mom yelled at me.
March 29th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
That really stinks. My brother lives not too far from you, and I didn’t dare ask him about the weather when I talked to him this morning; I knew I wouldn’t get a very pleasant response.