April 30, 2017 (120/365)
"Sweet April showers do spring May flowers." - Thomas Tusser, 1557
Purpose
Lilacs
April 29, 2017 (119/365)
"The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future." - Margaret Millar
French Friday: Manège | Carousel
April 28, 2017 (118/365)
« Il y a quelques rencontres dans la vie où la vérité et la simplicité sont le meilleur manège du monde. »
- Jean de La Bruyère [This week has my head spinning.]
April Showers
April 27, 2017 (117/365)
"Weather is a great metaphor for life — sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella or choose to dance in the rain!" - Terri Guillemets
Raindrops on Redbuds
April 26, 2017 (116/365)
“Listen as the budding trees dance in tepid showers, dreaming of the day they'll see the blooming summer flowers.” - Amelia Dashwood
Spring Green
April 25, 2017 (115/365)
"Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; but only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." - Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay