I wander through the winter weary yard,
a collage of brown,
crisp and dry,
asleep
but for the tender tulip tips
blushing pink,
but not shy.
They know the power they contain,
the joy they'll bring when the sun gets serious.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Sometimes it's all about knowing that loved ones and friends stand behind you, knowing that support is there on the down days, the worry days, the days when you feel off-center, out of sync, bedraggled emotionally, and in pain, but knowing all the while that you're not alone. You're not alone... Alice is an online friend--she lives in Hawaii-- who belongs to the writer's workshop that I do. We've only "met" online, but those who have online friendships know that they can be just as strong as those in-person relationships. Alice was hit by a car while walking, and is in the rehab phase of things. She's working to regain mobility after a broken pelvis, a broken arm, and a broken nose. It's scary to realize how, in the blink of an eye, life can lurch and our plans for a time are displaced by survival and healing. We...
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No tulips here yet outdoors, but there are some in pots that have been "forced" to bloom.
It's snowdrops and crocuses. The daffodil shoots are well up, but no flower buds yet. A few weeks from now we'll have hosts of them, as some old poet put it. My hydrangea plants have leaves starting, the first stirring in my plant-pots
Not just the flowers, we have birds back from their winter in Africa. The larger birds now, too early for the songbirds, swallows etc. I love the smallish black-headed gulls, but they've not arrived yet.
Frost this morning, but warmish sunshine burned it away by mid-morning.
And it was daylight at 6am, more light every day.
We have come through!
Ross
"When the sun gets serious"
Love it!
Wonderful colors too.
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