Extraterrestrial - Allium Birth

Otherworldly,

they seem to appear,

overnight.

Mysterious,

egg-shaped packages

that rise atop long slender rods.

Their thin skins bulge

until they split

forced open by the blooms

they can no longer

contain.

The birth of an Allium

is an extraterrestrial experience

and a joy to witness.

Their colour varies

at every stage of their growth,

time of day,

and slant of the sun.

Allium twins

Wait One Day

This weed-like, invasive creature

had full run of the garden

when we first moved into our house.

I have tried to contain it to one,

small but generous section of my flower beds...

Each Spring it outruns my fingers and shovel,

skipping along the top of the soil, 

racing ahead of me

to wherever it wants.

~

In just one day

I discover it in a variety of new places

In just one day

it sends out roots for hundreds more

In just one day

it's a lime-green tight-budded rocket

In one more day

it bursts into a flaming yellow geodesic dome

In one more day

it relaxes into a lemon-yellow haze.

And on that day

I have no idea why I ever wanted to pull it out.

Love Is In The Air

My usual parade of flower pictures

is being interrupted today

for a grand display

of love

~ tra-la-la ~

It took weeks (or maybe minutes) of courting

before she allowed him

to get this close

to her

In no time at all

I will be photographing

their adorable, misbehaving

flying toddlers.

I can't wait!

A Time For Tulips

They seemed in a rush this year,

to meet the sun.

And their colours have been

out-of-this-world,

on fire!

They mirror the glowing rays

that pulled them

from the cold, dark earth.

Atop long slim necks,

their heavy heads sway with the breeze,

dancing to the music

we call

Spring.