Sunday, February 15, 2009

Interlude

Enough of winter! Valentine's Day calls for sunshine and flowers. So we headed to the Banana Belt; the streets one block north of the US border, in Beach Grove.

The sunshine was iffy, but the gardens cooperated:


Pussy willows.


The metallic, glittery eye of a (fake) frog.


Frost-hardy flowers.


Tinies; primulas hiding under the leaf litter.


Pink heather.


First snail of the season.


Very yellow. A primula shows off its corrugated leaves.


Little drooping light bulbs. Snowdrops.


Clumps of snowdrops in a yard packed with them.


Eros dreaming over his burnished globe. We join him, in miniature, among the growing things.

And the day ends where it begins, with love.

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5 comments:

  1. Captivating flower and garden art photos. The snail is just gorgeous with its shiny shell and unglazed body.

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  2. Cruelty ... we are feet under snow and it is snowing this morning! No blooms here for a while.

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  3. Lovely post. It made me eager to search for some wildflowers. If they aren't peeping up now, they will be soon.

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  4. Wow, the pictures really do make me think of spring. I especially like the snowdrops.

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  5. Our daffodils are just pushing up through the soil. I am a little worried, we haven't had much rain this winter, at least so far, and the snow pack is lower than normal. We could be in store for a very dry summer with low lake levels. I just hate to climb the bridge to shore when that happens. It's like going up a steep ladder and it's hard to hold on and carry things at the same time. At least our float home rises and falls in deep water. Others aren't so lucky. - Margy

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