I am flower-hungry. I’m craving the fresh greens and hopeful blossoms of springtime in other places. And since I’ve been organizing this new site for my pictures, I thought it a good time to assemble a collection of blooms from April’s past…
So for today my soul is assuaged with these sweet memories, and I share them in hopes yours will be too!
2009–Spring comes to the Arizona dessert…
We took a road trip to reconnect with our old home and friends there. Nothing quite like a spring morning in the dessert…
2011–Signs of spring on the Coast…
Rhubarb rising. First Salmonberry blooms. And if you’re lucky, a sparkling sunny day by the sea.
2012–more signs of spring in Powell River…
An Easter bouquet, huckleberry and salmonberry hatching, and sunny faces in the lawn!
2013–Just out back, Powell River
Skunk Cabbage is spring’s first bear food. Beware!
2014–Spring beauty and nostalgia
Spent Easter with my sister in Ohio. The Mayflowers springing up in the woods took me right back to my NJ childhood. I guess I’ve always loved spring for all its fresh wonder.
Back home in Powell River our apple tree was in full dress…and yes! the lone wild currant bush by the sea was still there, still beautiful!
2015–Leaving our home on the Sunshine Coast for temporary quarters inland…
2016–Making a home in the Canadian Rockies
We were welcomed to the Bow Valley by fuzzy pussies and a chorus of Prairie Crocuses!
2017–And one more…
Yesterday this bright beauty arrived at my door, the thoughtful gift of good neighbors who are moving away.
Did they know how I am craving color?!
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psa 90:1-2; II Chron.20;21