Heavenly blues! and a few white and pink ones that I should have picked too…

innocent fat buds
first passion flower bloom
tender strong tendrils

’tis earth day today, love it every day!

After a spell of wintry chill, the sun’s warmth is back. The tulips are blooming profusely. Still under the spell of my own version of tulipomania, I’m even enthralled by green.

The late afternoon rays stream in through dirty windows, then drop behind the trees and hillside, leaving behind a glowing golden sky.

I have a feeling that there is a withering flowers photo series developing.

Have you heard of tulipomania? It reminds me of the background story of an enjoyable historical fiction novel I read some time ago, but I cannot recall the title or author.

EDIT April 12th: Thanks to a well-read commenter in the next post, I now know the name of that novel: Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory.

cucumber and tomato seeds sprout with new hope
a forgotten split apple withers and rots
cycles of life and death, growth and decay

I’m so excited. As I was coming home from the studio, I was admiring my bed of blue muscari (grape hyacinths) and yellow mini-daffodils glowing in the warm afternoon sun by the front steps. I went inside for my SLR camera and came out again. As I began to focus, lo, there was this busy bee. I managed two decent photos before it flew away. The slight breeze even paused at the right moments. Just look at the pollen on its body! How lucky can one get? I wonder what kind of bee it is, I don’t think it’s a mason….

PS: I’d like to wish all my readers a happy, sunny and warm spring or fall equinox tomorrow! I think we’ll be out working in the garden, taking advantage of the glorious sunny weather before the next wave of rains moves in Sunday. And I’m late getting my seeds started so no time for blogging!