"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden." Ruth Stout
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - Red blooms |
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - Pink bleeding hearts |
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - White blooms |
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - Squirrel |
Spring is one of my favorite seasons of the year. After months of freezing cold, mounds of snow, gray weather and hibernation, one can feel the earth stir as the warm air and sunny days prod us all; slowly, birds and blossoms find their way back to my side of the earth.
Last winter was particularly brutal, as we had many snowstorms, and blankets of white covered everything for miles and days. To dig ourselves up and out of the lull of winter has not been easy, however, the early blooms of spring and the chirping songs of friendly birds have helped.
"Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment." Ellis Peterson
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - Red & Yellow Tulips | |
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - Ducks on the Hudson |
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - Magnolia blooms |
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| Beauty: The Joys of Spring - Daffodils |
Spring by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Now fades the last long streak of snow,
Now burgeons every maze of quick
About the flowering squares, and thick
By ashen roots the violets blow.
Now rings the woodland loud and long,
The distance takes a lovelier hue,
And drowned in yonder living blue
The lark becomes a sightless song... Contd below
When I read
Mamakat’s Photo Story Prompt: Take a walk through your neighborhood this week and share some pictures of what Spring looks like where you live, I sighed deeply. Spring's blossoms have been generously abundant this year so I am happy to share. Above and below, I have added photographs of the flora and fauna, the blooms and lifeforms in my garden and my neighborhood. I have also shared a beautiful poem
Spring by Lord Alfred Tennyson for your enjoyment. Come, walk with me... May your Spring be as colorful. More colorful blooms below...
