No spring on spring day

My plans for celebrating spring, were knocked down, when car battery, failed to SPRING into action.

I discovered the lifeless battery, around 6.15 am.

It took 48 minutes, before someone emerged from one of the units in the complex.  Lucky for me, the lady and her teenage daughter, graciously agreed to jump start me.

Got to SPRINGS, frazzled.

The driving here there and everywhere, revealed the problem was more serious than a battery run down.
 
The alternator needs replacing.