More and more blooms appear on the trees, at the base of trees, along sidewalks and paths, in my dreams. The blossoms that cover the trees are edged with brown, the cold and wind having their way, though not in an unkind way, just in a well, this is what sometimes happens sort of way. If I … Continue reading enough
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Five Things :: April
Five Things April 1. the blossoms…everywhere (see cherry blossoms here!) 2. the birdsong…louder, more of it, joyful 3. the coffee…porch, friendship, friend 4. the vaccine…first dose 5. the walks…some solo, some in good company What's on your list of five for April?? sending a little love your way, m P.S. I've got some dates set … Continue reading Five Things :: April
The Tulips Have Arrived
I’ve been watching spring. It’s always the daffodils and crocuses that arrive first. Then the haze of greens and reds on the trees, the blossoms on the Bradford pears, the magnolias, the redbuds, the trees whose names I don’t know. The crape myrtle, a late bloomer, will come later. In the meantime, I’ve been waiting … Continue reading The Tulips Have Arrived
The Daffodils are Blooming
The daffodils are blooming. What if that’s all I wrote? What if the only words you read here today were The daffodils are blooming? Would that be enough? Because I think that might be all I need to say. The daffodils are blooming. I am a lover of winter, but I know many of you … Continue reading The Daffodils are Blooming
:: Sometimes Mondays ::
An ongoing series of Monday snapshots and quiet reflections. Sometimes Mondays look like stepping outside and being surprised.
:: Sometimes Mondays ::
An ongoing series of Monday snapshots and quiet reflections. Sometimes Mondays look like transplanting (and loving) the basil.
:: Sometimes Mondays ::
An ongoing series of Monday snapshots and quiet reflections. Sometimes Mondays look like checking on the tulips after a cold, windy weekend.
Spring {and a little break for me}
It's starting. Spring, I mean. Buds and blossoms and all sorts of beautiful things. In the seeming blink of an eye, there is pink where yesterday there was none. Likewise yellow and purple and red and green...oh the green. Slowly, and yet all of a sudden. Every year it surprises and delights. Spring has returned. … Continue reading Spring {and a little break for me}
On Spring
there is snow, just a dusting there is wind and cold bundled, we head out pup in tow and we walk, talk and are quiet. four days later there are crocuses dotting the hill a glimpse of yellow white purple as we pass in the car on our way to somewhere and we smile. another … Continue reading On Spring
In the Pause
There is a pause in the rain, in the dark and the birds sing beginning again. The light grows slowly shifting into today the birds begin in celebration in the rain's pause, in this day's Pause. Right now, before breakfast is made and the laundry begun before the list is made or checked it is quiet … Continue reading In the Pause