Day 115 – Blossomest
“… last week looking at it through the window when I’m writing, I see it is the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom that there ever could be, and I can see it.” ~ Dennis Potter
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“… last week looking at it through the window when I’m writing, I see it is the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom that there ever could be, and I can see it.” ~ Dennis Potter
“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.” ~ Marianne Williamson
“Blossom by blossom the spring begins.” ~ Algernon Charles Swinburne
“I love tulips better than any other spring flower; they are the embodiment of alert cheerfulness and tidy grace, and next to a hyacinth look like a wholesome, freshly tubbed young girl beside a stout […]
“Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?” ~ Neltje Blanchan
“The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
“I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.” ~ Millard Kaufman
“The actual flower is the plant’s highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of all for delight.” ~ John Ruskin
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ~ Charles Dickens