Spring -- Here At Last!

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 "Spring Morning"

Where am I going?  I don't quite know.
Down to the stream where the king-cups grow--
Up on the hill where the pine-trees blow--
Anywhere, anywhere.  I don't know.

Where am I going?  The clouds sail by,
Little ones, baby ones, over the sky.
 Where am I going?  The shadows pass,
Little ones, baby ones, over the grass.

If you were a cloud, and sailed up there
You'd sail on water as blue as air,
And you'd see me here in the fields and say:
"Doesn't the sky look green today?"

Where am I going?  The high rooks call:
"It's awful fun to be born at all."
Where am I going?  The ring-doves coo:
"We do have beautiful things to do."

If you were a bird, and lived on high,
You'd lean on the wind when the wind came by,
You'd say to the wind when it took you away:
"That's where I wanted to go today!"

Where am I going?  I don't quite know,
What does it matter where people go?
Down to the wood where the blue-bells grow--
Anywhere, anywhere, I don't know.
~A. A. Milne, "When We Were Very Young"


 "The first day of Spring is one thing, the first Spring day another.  The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month." ~Henry Van Dyke 

"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow." ~Proverb

"April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." ~William Shakespeare

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.  You know how it is with an April day." ~Robert Frost

"Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers." ~Byron Caldwell Smith

Tulip Tree, Saucer Magnolia

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers." ~Claude Monet

"The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks." ~Tennessee Williams

Common Meadow Violet, Wood Violet

Lunaria, Money Plant, Silver Dollar Plant

"Flowers are the sweetest thing God ever made and forgot to put a soul into." ~Henry Beecher

"The sun has come out... and the air is vivid with spring light." ~Byron Caldwell Smith

Camellia

"I will be the gladdest thing under the sun!  I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one." ~Edna St. Vincent Millay
 

Eastern Redbud Tree

Dogwood Tree

"Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you." ~ Edward Payson Rod
 

This picture was a lucky capture for me -- a perfect Camellia blossom, half in shadow and half in sunlight.

 The pictures of the Tulip Magnolia were taken by Mr. Forest Manor back in March; he's quite good with a camera, he is.  :)  The rest of the pictures were taken by me today.

The beautiful Camellias belong to my next door neighbor.  The Dogwood tree is ours.  Both are at the borders of our respective properties.  After I photographed the Dogwood, I noticed how gorgeous the neighbors' Camellia blossoms were, and I was sure they wouldn't mind if I snapped a few pics.  They're really nice neighbors.

Lastly, the poem at the beginning of this post was written by A.A. Milne, author of the beloved Winnie the Pooh books.  I used to love reading this poem to our son when he was little.  :)

Thank you for visiting me; I'm glad you stopped by!  I'll be joining The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays, Cindy for Amaze Me Monday, and Mary at Little Red House for Mosaic Monday.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Denise