Garden Journal

Entries in spring (19)

Tuesday
Apr142009

Hanami, April 9th

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#1.
How many pass by
this bus shelter? In a rush,
blind to the pink blooms.

#2.
I sit on the bench
and wait. Not for the next bus -
but for sakura.

#3.
The buses come and go.
I'll stay until ten thousand
pink petals drift down.

Friday
Apr042008

after the April showers

Yellow hyacinths after an April shower

Buttery-lemon hyacinths in our condominium's courtyard garden. A daily dose of spring colour.

Yellow hyacinth after an April shower
Friday
Mar282008

Use all your senses in the garden

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The first thing I read this morning was Kelly Rossiter's lovely post on Planet Green. I thank her for reminding me to use my hearing -- not just sight, smell, taste and touch -- to experience the Spring garden. And not feel strange about going out in the middle of the night to witness the remarkable.

 

Monday
Mar242008

Sakura

IMG_0764.JPGGreen is my forever favourite colour, but lately I've been smitten by soft shades of pink and so I now find myself writing a post about a subject that although "in-season" is neither edible nor on my balcony: cherry blossom-watching.  

This Easter Monday I had "good intentions" to spend the day indoors, working on spring cleaning, garden planning (I'm w-a-a-a-y-y behind in this) and seed sowing,  but....you probably know where I'm going with this...mid-afternoon sunshine and a restless Westie nudged me outdoors. I didn't put up much resistance. And a short walk turned into more than two hours of viewing sights like this: 

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and this: 

 Cherry Blossoms 2

 I'm looking forward to Bike the Blossoms with Slow Food Vancouver .   As I write this I realize I've just made an "edible" connection so perhaps I can publish this post without overstretching the blog's boundaries.

 

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