Posted by IsoM on March 21, 2003, at 13:59:56
In reply to Re: lovely » Willow, posted by Tabitha on March 21, 2003, at 13:36:39
Tabitha, do you live in California? I can't remember if I read before that you did. I'm wondering where all these irises are blooming. Mine are up but not in bloom. And carnations? It'll be a while before they're blooming here. Seeing you mention sweet gum trees, I figure you're quite further south than I am. Are the magnolias in bloom there?
Mind you, we have such mild weather here due to the warming influence of the Pacific Ocean. I can't believe how the cherry blossoms have burst forth this last week. There's been cherry blossoms earlier but now the majority are in bloom too. Forsythias, Malus (ornamental crab apples), Pieris, azaleas, etc. I love when the earth comes alive.
Yesterday at work, I spent the entire time outside, looking after the garden centre. My supervisor has put me in charge of it as she knows I'm the only one who can tell what's what & recognise all the Latin names, etc. She's new & knows nothing of plants so I'm teaching her. I had such a good time at work after a crappy winter inside with a diff supervisor - the bitch from hell. I spent the time cleaning & watering while I sang quietly to myself, & helped some customers, but they're still few enough. No one looks at me strangely for singing either. I generally get big smiles. Yesterday felt so good & no headache after about a week of them. What a prize!
Willow, I lived for a while on the Prairie though I'm not a prairie person. I know what you mean that spring feels different. The snow would be melting, the air smelled different, & one could feel all of nature starting to wake up. One thing I noticed out there was how life literally sprang forth in the spring. Everything was in a hurry to have its babies. There were baby foxes about, baby ground squirrels, baby birds of all kinds, & the year I had my baby, my youngest, in the spring, I felt a rapport, a oneness, with all the new mothers.
Ah...
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz,
I wonder where the birdies iz.
The bird is on the wing I heard,
I thought the wing was on the bird?
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