Yesterday the sky was an incredible blue - what we call Carolina Blue in
North Carolina. Cloudless, no wind, brilliant sunshine, and by mid-afternoon
the perfect, for me, temperature of 70F. I sat on the porch just to breathe
in the air. It felt hot through my too heavy clothes. Wandered the garden
taking photos of new shoots poking up, a few blossoms already on
the azaleas, leaves unfurling on the hydrangeas, tiny frilled buds on
the fig and Japanese maple trees.
Thoughts of a damaging frost come to mind these early pre-spring days.
It will get chilly at night, down to around freezing on Wednesday and
Thursday - fingers will be crossed.
Please be kind to our gardens Mother Nature.
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........... and then last evening, as the sun went down, the bright moon
was framed in the branches of an oak tree, lighting the magnolia's
pink blossoms, turning the sky to different shades of blue.
A perfect afternoon became an even more perfect early evening.
We are all like the bright moon; we still have our darker side.
Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
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Dear Mary,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful world we live in, and how well you've captured the glory of early spring days and evenings. I do hope the frost doesn't damage the trees and shrubs.
Dearest Mary,
ReplyDeleteYou enjoy the beauty of spring—as I would love to do with 28°C and sunny.
Have you red my update?
Hugs,
Mariette
Gorgeous pictures, as always on your blog, dear Mary!
ReplyDeleteThe big magnolia trees in my street are not yet in bloom; we are experiencing a cold spell right now with temps well below freezing at night, and not that much above. A milder weekend is forecast - hopefully, we'll get to go on a long-ish walk or hike.
The pink magnolias are blooming here in Va. too. and the daffodils, forsythia, pear trees. Color everywhere! I love it.
ReplyDeleteWe are due to have heavy snow at the week end. Today is cold but with glorious blue sky and sunshine.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing quite as lovely as a pink Magnolia, and we too are seeing the beginnings of the flowers here. What a very blue sky!
ReplyDeleteOh, that gorgeous pink Magnolia against a vivid blue sky. What a lovely sign of Spring, Mary. It sounds like you are on the cusp of warmer weather, but a little frost can still come along. Over here, we are longing for the blue skies and cooler days of Autumn, but must be patient! xoxo
ReplyDeleteWow! 70 degrees and that gorgeous blue sky. I can't even wrap my head around that yet. We are having a late spring that has decided to take it's darn time getting here. Enjoy your springtime and thanks for sharing pictures that I can be reminded will come here too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteWow, Mary - such a blue sky - a perfect background for the lovely Magnolia! And then the moon - you got great gifts!
ReplyDeleteHere we still have cold, windy weather, and by now it might give one an uneven temper - but I took my camera and went out - always a good plan: to move. No Magnolias, no blue sky - but tiny snowdrops, a few crocuses, and sweet smelling witch hazel. Well - that's fine too - though not as impressive as your beautiful garden photos!
Isn’t it amazing to see our gardens come back to life every spring? Your magnolia is stunning and really pops against that Carolina blue sky. Sadly the heavy snowfall that we had this past week flattened my spring bulbs hopefully they’ll raise their pretty heads again soon.
ReplyDeleteWe had a blue sky day like that on Saturday -- but all last week, yesterday and today, it's been very overcast with rain. Thankfully not heavy rains -- the light showers we are getting don't cause problems like heavy rains do and the earth and plants are appreciating the moisture. Have a good week.
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