john denver said it best

the older i get, the more i long for life in the country.

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and every spring it just gets worse and worse.

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i love a rainy spring in arkansas.  everything turns a delicious bright green.

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i look out the window and dream of a little cottage in the country...or of going back to england and trying to find mr. darcy and miss bennett.  or the misses dashwoods.  

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it's been a rainy week here.  so much for camping over spring break.  but we haven't minded one bit.  but i'll admit, today i'm taking a breather from all our spring break frivolity.  my feet are propped up.  it's cool out and i'm covered in a blanket.  
and i'm watching sense and sensibility.  

pure. bliss.

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and so i'll dream on of arkansas country life.  of apple pies cooling on the windowsill.  my kids riding bareback through the lush green grass while i squeeze fresh lemons for lemonade.

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or of the romantic british countryside.  and taking tea every afternoon.  or standing on the cliff in the peak district.  

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but alas, i did not marry a country boy.  {sigh}  so it seems i must resolve myself to dreaming.  and reading.

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and listening to my beloved john denver croon about country roads taking him home.

so how about you....am i the only one who smells a fresh spring rain and goes all mushy romantic?????