Morning aromatherapy

This past week I've been inhaling the scent of lilacs on my way to work.

May is full light wind of lilac

From Canada to Narragansett Bay.

- Amy Lowell, “Lilacs” from The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell. Copyright © 1955 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read the complete poem here.

Comments

[The Nordic Bedouin]

What an inspiring balcony!

[Elaine]

Thank you. I visited your site, http://nordicbedouin.typepad.com/yesterday, which inspires me. It's interesting to note similarities (especially in our feelings for the country) even though we are separated by an ocean & thousands of kilometres.

[Arwen from Hoglet K]

The lilac looks beautiful. You know I've never seen lilac. I once asked an English friend with a cottage garden whether she grew it and she said it's not cold enough in Sydney. I suppose it's probably around in cities further South, but I'd need to have it pointed out.

[Elaine]

Hi Arwen. I hope someday you can see and sniff a lilac. They are quite lovely. To me, the most old-fashioned of flowering shrubs.

I must become more familiar with the native Australian flora. I still have to remind myself it's autumn in the southern hemisphere.