Magic Is In The Air

Did you know that flowers exhale magic?

That their blooms light the air?

If you don't believe me,

give one a (gentle) shake

and watch the magic tumble out.

Be Soft

Be Still

Look

And Listen

Find your Spirit

Open your Heart

Be Happy

Red

The colour you can't forget.

It sparks a fire in your eyes

that travels to your heart

and all of a sudden you want to dance.

Wonderful Weeds!

Common Knapweed...

The name hardly does it justice.

Centaurea, it's proper name,

suits it much better.

It sounds like a secret

and hints at a history of magic and mystery.

This weed casts a spell on me

every spring.

Its long ghostly fingers

and shimmering colours

catch my eye

and draw me in

closer

and closer.

Purple Rain

We're quick to curse the rain.

We blame it for ruining

a day, any day,

our day.

But if you're lucky enough

to like flowers and photography

You will thank the rain

for the way it scatters its liquid diamonds

and multiplies the beauty

of everything.

Fellowship Of The Ferns

In the quiet of the forest

when no one is watching,

delicate ferns unfurl lacy,

fragile fronds.

With ghostly, green fingers,

they reach out

to connect,

one atop the other.

Alone,

they are a single branch.

Together,

they form a magical,

green labyrinth.

A fellowship of ferns.

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.