Bee and Blossom

“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...” 

― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

Blossoms will be coming soon! 

White-crowned Sparrow in the Blossoms

"Spring will come and so will happiness. 

Hold on. Life will get warmer." 

 — Anita Krizzan 

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For The Love Of Lilacs

"The naked earth is warm with Spring, 

 And with green grass and bursting trees 

 Leans to the sun's kiss glorying, 

 And quivers in the sunny breeze." 

 - Julian Grenfell

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Apple Blossoms

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"A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible." 

- A Welsh proverb

Grackle in the Blossoms

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"The spring is fresh and fearless 
And every leaf is new, 
The world is brimmed with moonlight, 
The lilac brimmed with dew. 

Here in the moving shadows 
I catch my breath and sing -- 
My heart is fresh and fearless 
And over-brimmed with spring."

- Sara Teasdale

Redbud Blossoms

"How many million Aprils came 

 before I ever knew 

 how white a cherry bough could be, 

 a bed of squills, how blue 

 And many a dancing April 

 when life is done with me, 

 will lift the blue flame of the flower 

 and the white flame of the tree 

 Oh burn me with your beauty then, 

 oh hurt me tree and flower, 

 lest in the end death try to take 

 even this glistening hour..." -

 Sara Teasdale

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Snow on the Pear Blossoms

“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...” 

― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden 

Or in this case - the snow falling on the pear blossoms! This was from our snow yesterday. We got about an inch and it was one of those that stuck to the trees well, but not so much to the roads. The best kind!

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Asian Pear Blossoms

"Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day." ~ 

W. Earl Hall 

Asian Pear Blossoms 

Pyrus pyrifolia 

 'Olympic Giant'

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Male Cardinal in the Blossoms

"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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A Little Bit Chippy

 Despite the forecast, live like it's spring.

- Lilly Pulitzer

Chipping Sparrow in my backyard

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Common Yellowthroat In the Blossoms

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. 

~ Joseph Campbell 

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Renewal

spring......the season of renewal when the earth sheds its winter cloak, flowers bloom, and the heart feels as though everything is once again imaginable.

~ Galen Watson 

this is a lilac bloom  

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Listen and You Will Hear Them

"Hear blessings dropping 
their blossoms around you."
- Rumi

Awakenings

Awake, thou wintry earth - 

Fling off thy sadness! 

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth 

Your ancient gladness! 

~Thomas Blackburn

 

Is The Spring Coming?

 “Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...” 

~ Frances Hodgson Burnett

Treasure in the Trees

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. ~Mary Jean Iron

Unexpected Pleasure

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. 
Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled 
by unexpected sparks. 
~ Samuel Johnson

Bird and Blossoms

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. 

~Anne Bradstreet

Time Well Spent

Spring forever appears 
 the soothing music part of lyrics unspoken. 
It thaws the frozen fears, 
 mends the wounded heart that 
Winter has broken. 
~Aarno Davidson 

I may be biased, but Blacksburg, Virginia is an absolutely beautiful area.  Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall - there are always trails/greenways/parks to visit that allow for great photo ops.
  It wasn't until I was 39ish that my love for nature developed.  Now it seems that every chance I get, I want to be outside.  And it is ALWAYS - Time Well Spent.

Bird and Blossoms

 Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

~ Lao Tzu

Tufted Titmouse in the Spring Blossoms

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