Natures-Beauty on Late Blooms

Smell the Roses

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

[caption id=“attachment_4501” align=“alignleft” width=“929”] You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. ~ Walter Hagen[/caption]

As I walked over to the pharmacy yesterday, I couldn’t resist stopping to enjoy the flowers in our condo’s garden. I started to admire them long before I got really close to them. When I reached where they were, I stopped and took in all the colours - yellows. whites, and purples. They looked so beautiful, delicate, and sometimes even fragile, but I knew that they could stand up to a strong wind. I didn’t smell them though - but I did slow down.

Spring Blooms

Sun, 21 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

[caption id=“attachment_3607” align=“aligncenter” width=“584”] “The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. (“A Story About The Most Important Thing”)”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin[/caption]

Spring is that glorious time of year when every leaf, flower, shrub, and grass is a welcome sight. I like to think of it as the magic of spring. It doesn’t matter how beautiful and glorious last year’s spring and summer were, we relish the present year’s spring with abandon. “Every spring is the only spring — a perpetual astonishment.” - Ellis Peters.