Look what's on my table right now!
Spring!
Those daffodils and apricot blossoms replaced the arrangement of dried weeds I'd had on the table since Thanksgiving.
A study in contrasts.
Although I do appreciate the subtle beauty in things like that dried arrangement, by the time spring rolls around, I am definitely ready for something more colorful and not brown.
I purposely don't buy flowers at the store. I have the same feeling about store flowers that proponents of seasonal eating have about produce: It's better to wait for them to be local and in-season.
This means that it is a long wait for there to be flowers around my house in the spring, but that just makes it all the sweeter when they finally appear. That vase on my table brought joy into my home in the form of flowers.
So tell me: Has spring sprung where you are yet? What are your signs of spring?
Yes, Spring has sprung here in northeast PA. However, we had warm weather that brought the buds/flowers out & now we are in the middle of a cold snap, so all the buds have died. Especially the Magnolia trees, which I love to see bloom in the Spring. Darn.
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Linda
We had spring in Feb and early March, and then winter returned. (St Patrick's day was 35F and 35 mph winds, for example.) Now we've been lashed by strong winds for days, so I'm afraid a lot of the trees won't bloom. Our daffodils came up but have only bloomed reluctantly compared to our neighbors. I'm waiting for the redbud we planted last year to bud and bloom. The lion and lamb switched places this year.
ReplyDeleteA million daffodils of all colors , doubles , orange centers, all colors, the small two/three headed ones, asters,crocus , forsythia all around, flowering almond, bridal wreath bushes all around the place along the driveway ....my husband planted for me .
ReplyDeleteG.P.: What a lovely remembrance of your husband to have every spring.
ReplyDeleteRobins returning and beginning to possess their summer territories for nesting and raising babies. Every time they return, the robins need to survive one more snow storm, and that is true this spring. On Sunday, I saw one chubby, fluffy little female sitting in an evergreen tree, peering out through the branches and needles at the blizzard. She blinked and blinked and looked around. I could almost hear her thinking--"I TOLD them it was too early to head north. We needed to wait 2 more weeks..." I hope the robins will be all right after this 4-day snowstorm.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful flowers. We will reach Spain just in time for the flowers to bloom.
ReplyDeleteCan’t believe how pretty the daffodils are. Definitely worth the wait.
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