Wednesday, March 28, 2012 ...their spring-time borders...
...and canopies...
...reasons to look forward to after-work walks with my Westie, especially in the sunshine but even in the grey and drizzle.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
~Henry Van Dyke
So true. During the past few weeks in Vancouver we've enjoyed some pleasant pre-spring weather as well as a few, unwelcome reappearances of winter -- including snow this past Monday!
But yesterday, the March equinox, late afternoon sunshine, and daffodils, cherry blossoms and violas combined to make the day ...well, truly vernal. Oh, and after work I opened the mailbox at home to find this pretty envelope from a gardening friend.
Before I opened the envelope (oh, so carefully) I had to admire it for a few moments. The design reminded me of the covers of heirloom seed catalogues I'd picked up at Seedy Saturday this past February.
Inside the envelope, a sweet card & carefully packaged, extra-special seeds -- eggplant, basil & lettuce -- from Master Gardener Meighan. Thank you!
Monday, February 27, 2012 the type I like to see in February:
snowdrops,
Galanthus nivalis
& snow crocuses
Crocus chrysanthus
Sunday, February 12, 2012 
Paperwhites
BY MICHELLE DETORIE
Little Februaries, they
unbind themselves, pages
sweetening the air.
Little petals, not fit
for grieving, ornately
frail. Petals sheer as sheets,
as raw and spare. Stems,
thin straws of green, needles
drinking the dirt —
unspooling the white
bulb into blossom. Lips
parting open their pale
veils. Green veins poured
into tiny cups of ivory air.
Green straws — green pencils —
throats through which a shallow
dark is drawn. White notes
birthed and nursed. A white song
scored — forced out — little breaths
exhaled. Sweet wreaths for rooms.
Sweet wraiths exhumed. Eyes
opening the whites
at the end of their lines.
Source: Blackbird Archive
