As I gaze out the windows of our home this morning I see wildly contrasting

Colors of Spring

I love the way the colors pop in the filtered overcast light today.

Across the street I see a tree behind our neighbor’s house whose emerging leaves look a little bit like red flowers to me. The green grass almost glows in the light of the morning. In places a skiff of white snow on the grass brightly contrasts with the green. Our deck is completely covered with white but my prayer flags flap colorfully on the morning breeze.

Everywhere I look I see tiny yellow-green leaves budding on trees in the neighborhood. Across the pond our neighbor’s forsythia bush is still covered with cheerful bright yellow blossoms and daffodils bloom nearby on the banks of the pond.

Remembering how the landscape looked in previous months, it now seems to be bursting with color.

But more color is coming soon

Along with blossoming trees, spring ephemerals and wild flowers, summer gardens will be growing, and trees will be covered with leaves of varying shades of green. Lakes will reflect blue skies. Even the clothing we wear will show off brighter colors as summer approaches.

Children, It’s Spring

And this is the lady

whom everyone loves,

Ms. Violet

in her purple gown

 

or, on special occasions,

a dress the color

of sunlight. She sits

in the mossy weeds and waits

 

to be noticed.

She loves dampness.

She loves attention.

She loves especially

 

to be picked by careful fingers

young fingers, entranced

by what has happened

to the world.

 

We, the older ones,

call it Spring,

and we have been through it

many times.

 

But there is nothing

like the children bringing home

such happiness

in their small hands.

   — Mary Oliver

Ah, springtime. Even when you take a slight detour through scattered snow showers I love you.

Every year sometime in April I pack up my heavy sweaters and most of my long-sleeved shirts. And I unpack shorts, sleeveless shirts, and a much more colorful wardrobe. I haven’t yet made my fall/winter to spring/summer clothing switch this spring. Soon I think, soon I’ll be making the switch, but not yet.

Wishing you colorful spring days.

May you walk in beauty.

 

 


Marilyn

Photographer sharing beauty, grace & joy in photographs and blog posts. I live in the Twin Cites in Minnesota, the land of lakes, trees, and wonderful nature.

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