Thursday, February 10, 2011

I looked up and was overjoyed...

I think I have been looking down at the ground too much lately, weeding and laying down mulch, because when I went out yesterday, it was a real shock to see so many trees in bloom.


Can it be that spring is beginning already?


It is such a joy to see these blossoms of a flowering plum against a pure blue sky.


When spring comes round, our apple tree


Is very full of flowers,
And when a bird sits on a branch

This is not, in fact, an apple tree

The petals fall in showers.
- Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene



“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
- Emily Dickinson



23 comments:

  1. What beautiful blossoms and you are blessed to have them growing in your gardens.

    I love that quote.

    Have a lovely day ~ FlowerLady

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  2. Thank you, FlowerLady, for your nice comment. I hope you have a great day too.

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  3. Masha, thanks for sharing such beautiful images with us today. Your blooms give me hope on this dreary day that mine are on the way. I love the poem, too. Emily Dickinson is one of my favorite poets. Carla

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  4. Thank you, Carla, and I am so glad you liked the pictures. I like Emily Dickinson a lot too.

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  5. It's wonderful to see trees in bloom. We're going to have to wait six weeks or so before that happens around here. Thanks for reminding me that spring will come.

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  6. You are so welcome, George! I agree, trees in blooms are a wonderful sight, and so fleeting...

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  7. Looking forward to seeing them blooming over here... Unfortunately we'll have to wait a little longer!
    About Sesbania, I donnot know if I had to answer it directly from my blog or yours, but anyway be careful, it is ok for Mediterranean climate if temperature does not reach 0°C.
    I hope you will find a green house that sells it.
    Good luck and let me know !
    Thks again for your visit
    Gabriel

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  8. Gabriel, thank you and I don't think it matters where you answer:-), not to me anyway. We rarely have temperatures dipping below 0C, only a few nights a year. Usually people just cover up their tender plants with blankets overnight and they do fine. There are a lot of jacaranda trees around here, even though it is supposed to be too cold for them, so who knows maybe it will live if I can find it...

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  9. I needed a lift today, and your beautiful pictures provided that. Oh, just to have warm enough weather to weed and mulch! Thanks for the hope that spring *will* come!

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  10. Thank you, HolleyGarden, and I am so happy I cheered you up a little. This is why I took those pictures.

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  11. Thanks, Olga, so nice of you to stop by.

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  12. Absolutely beautiful! I can't wait until our trees start to bloom. I'm so tired of winter. Hopefully we only have a month left.

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  13. Very Japanese, Masha... cherry blossoms, fleeting beauty, transience of nature and all that. Makes me want to write a haiku:

    A Rose is a rose /

    Unless it's a blog made by /

    Masha for her fans

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  14. These are beautiful photos and trees. We are a long way away from them blooming here. The buds are tight and frozen right now. Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting. You blog id beautifully done, and I hope to be a regular here. Donna

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  15. Thank you, Phillip. Take heart, spring is coming, I know that for sure now...

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  16. Thank you, thibaud, and how wonderful to meet someone who writes poetry.

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  17. Thank you, Donna, and I am really happy you came to my blog.

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  18. Your photos are stunning once again ! So beautiful !

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  19. Merci, Isabelle, pour voir mes photos. Vos compliments sont toujours apprecies.

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  20. Those frilly pink plum blossoms against the blue sky are so lovely. What is the white-flowered tree? A Hawthorn?

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  21. Sweetbay, I am not entirely sure, but I think it might be a flowering pear.

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  22. Beautiful photos, Masha! They will feed my own daydreams of spring, which will not be here for another 2 months!
    Sandra

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  23. Thank you, Sandra, and hang on, spring will come!

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