Spring Zinc

It's a good thing I took pictures of  the lilacs and flowering trees while the sun was still shining last week...

...because, by the time the torrential rains end this weekend

 the blossoms will be gone.

Such a fleeting but always inspiring time of year...

The forecast is for clearing weather by Saturday ...

...just in time for the sale at Paula's home in Centerbrook, CT....

I have been dragging out the zinc pots and containers....

...still have to find all those watering cans.

Trying to decide what to bring to sell.

Can't keep it all!

Hope you are having a good and productive week...

decisions, decisions!

:)

Almost!

 

A few more days and our lilacs will be spectacular!

Our Japanese cherry tree will be in full bloom

 with hundreds of soft pink petals...

...and the white and pink dogwoods lining the driveway

 will be glorious!

Almost!

Don't you just love this time of year?

:)

Flower Power

How is it that these beautiful blooms have so much influence over my mood?



Is it because they are so temporary...their beauty so fleeting?



Perhaps it's because they represent a new beginning...
...a time of re-birth and transition...
...and hope.



...and the sunshine...oh the sunshine!
That has more influence than anything on my spirits...



While cleaning out today, I found this sunny yellow silk piano shawl in an old suitcase in the attic.
I cannot remember now who it belonged to or how or when it came to be here.
I guess it doesn't really matter...

I hung it on the clothesline to let it air out...
... its colorful silk flowers still hold the power to make me smile!

:)