Day 79 – Hanging
“But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem: they might point to the catkins hanging from the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the rain descending on black earth in […]
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Flowers
20
Mar
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14
Mar
Day 73 – Courage
“A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring, knowing somehow deep in its roots that spring and light and sunshine will come, has more courage and more knowledge of the value of […]
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12
Mar
Day 71 – Spring gift
“A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.” ~ David Steindl-Rast
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7
Mar
Day 66 – Concerning Spring
“I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun And crocus fires are kindling one by one: Sing robin, sing: […]
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3
Mar
Day 62 – Chaste
“Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years!” ~ William Wordsworth
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1
Mar
21
Feb
Day 52 – Hardy celebration
“Snowdrops: Theirs is a fragile but hardy celebration… in the very teeth of winter.” ~ Louise Wilder
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19
Feb
Day 50 – Catkins
“Still lie the sheltering snows, undimmed and white; And reigns the winter’s pregnant silence still; No sign of spring, save that the catkins fill, And willow stems grow daily red and bright. These are days […]
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17
Feb
Day 48 – Edge of a petal
“It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.” ~ William Carlos Williams A couple of weeks ago I posted a black and white image of the buds of a Hyacinth that I […]
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13
Feb
Day 44 – Wondrous fair
“Yesterday the twig was brown and bare; To-day the glint of green is there; Tomorrow will be leaflets spare; I know no thing so wondrous fair, No miracle so strangely rare. I wonder what will […]
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