If you noticed the comment on my posting about my Vegas trip, my darling friends in Atlanta are reminding me that the gardens I spent 4 years planting, weeding, bark mulching and paying for have begun to bloom. The wild bradford pears in the common land and along Hackamatack are in full bloom. The azaleas are ready to burst with pinks and pomegranate colours.
On St. Paddy's day, we receive over 10 inches of white stuff and not the petals from the pear trees. We didn't get out to conduct our plans until after 3PM when we were plowed out. Mr. B was beside himself. As St. Paddy's day on a Saturday doesn't happen too too often.
So technically, tomorrow may be the Vernal Equinox. However, it may be April before the flowers signal spring. The original quote and poem seem to be unknown. So I will leave you with thoughts of Spring with this....
"If we had no Winter, the spring would not be so pleasant;
If we did not sometimes taste the adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome."
Anne Bradstreet
