Springtime in Who-ville.
May 25, 2009 05:18 Filed in: This and that
by Aileen Fisher
Spring up, seedlings,
weedlings, clover!
Spring out, leaves,
now winter's over.
Spring up, green things!
There's a reason
Spring's the name
to fit the season.
Spring has been absolutely beautiful here in our corner of the midwest. Lush and green, with great weather -- a perfect mix of sunshine, decent temps (60s-70s), and necessary rain. Fragrant lilacs and viburnum abound in our neighborhood, along with magnolias, flowering fruit trees, and lots of tulips, grape hyacinth, lily of the valley, daffodils. My bleeding hearts surprised me by surviving some backyard construction work and a flood of woodchips that seeped under the fence from our neighbor’s yard. To me the bleeding heart is the prettiest old fashioned spring flower, even though it has no fragrance. I’m so happy to see them blooming again!
So many flowers around our neighborhood look like they could easily be home to the residents of Who-ville. I can see Horton
gingerly carrying one of them in his trunk, informing his jungle-mates "A person's a person, no matter how small."
Or in this case large, because no one could mistake these enormous allium for a tiny little clover with itty bitty Whos on it.
Chive blossoms make perfect Who-worlds, and they're tasty too.
A whole colony of Who-villes!
Is that whofoo fluff? Or fuzzle fuzz?
These rose buds could be fun, pointy Who-heads. Wait ... is that one ... smiling?
Surely this is inspiration for an unusual Who hairstyle.
Could Whos live inside these fluffly balls of viburnum? If so, they would be drunk on their heavenly fragrance!
I hope you've had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend. Although we've had cool sunny weather all weekend, today, in typical Memorial Day fashion, it rained.
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