A Whirlwind of a Weekend...

You may have noticed my short absence from the Blogosphere...

It happens that my life has been swept up and throttled about during a whirlwind of a weekend.  It is amazing how incoherent one's life can become over the course of a few short days.

Of course, major life events often herald the good as well as the bad.  This is true, despite the difficulty that one frequently encounters when attempting to glimpse the sun through the murkiest shroud of pitiless cloud.

So let us look to something cheery, today.  Let us turn our eyelids to the sun and squeeze supple blades of grass between our toes.  Let us lose ourselves in our dreams... and envision their transformation into a bold new reality.

Spring Joy

Don't you just love spring?

I adore the scents of fresh foliage, the sweet sounds of songbirds, and the lusciously vivid colours of springtime flowers.

To share these wonders with you, here are some photos of my favorite new neighborhood blooms.

I only wish that they were scratch and sniff!   :)

In Adoration of Scented Spring Showers

It's one of those wonderful, fresh coastal days in May.  The air is pregnant with mist and scents of spring.  A warm, soft drizzle welcomes your face to the outdoors; you lean in and inhale the sweet, earthy aroma of azaleas, lilacs and cedar.

A friend of mine once told me that her late middle-eastern husband had been awed by our moisture.  He'd gaze out the window and describe rain as sacred silver threads delivered from heaven.

Similarly, I see our coastal showers as Earth-bound blessings that nourish our soils and souls.  When I see rain, I can't help but envision masses of sweet spring buds and overflows of beautiful emerald lusciousness.  To me, the rains and the bountiful coastal foliage are inseparable.  I am thoroughly enthralled by them both!