What’s Blooming in Arcadia…

The Saints of April

by Todd Davis

Coltsfoot gives way to dandelion,
plum to apple blossom. Cherry fills
our woods, white petals melting
like the last late snow. Dogwood's
stigmata shine with the blood
of this season. How holy
forsythia and redbud are
as they consume their own
flowers, green leaves running
down their crowns. Here is
the shapeliness of bodies
newly formed, the rich cloth
that covers frail bones and hides
roots that hold fervently
to this dark earth.
      --For Jack Ridl

"The Saints of April" by Todd Davis, from The Least of These.© Michigan State University Press, 2010.

Blossom time doesn’t last long enough…If it gets too hot,  too rainy,  too windy,  the blooms fly away…But for this one week of the year…I luxuriate in crabapple blossoms…

…and cherry blossoms…

…and dogwood blossoms.

I do wish they lasted all summer…

My blogger friend Susan at Bear Swamp Reflections shared an Andrews Sisters apple blossom song…here is another.

…and if that isn’t enough…while I was browsing throughYouTube I discovered the Puppini Sisters…Love them!

Easter 2010…

It seems that every year our holiday traditions have to change…This year I was fortunate to have both my daughters and their families as well as a niece and nephew here on an unseasonably warm Easter day. 

…There are some old eggs and some new eggs decorating the tree…and lots of help hiding eggs…

 

 

 

 

There were only two children hunting for eggs…but they were VERY competitive…especially Mr J…If I had known how competitive he would be I believe I would have assigned them each different colors…

Not Just Rain Happening…

Suddenly it has been three weeks since the Rainstorm and it looks like I have been washed away…Not so!…I have still been taking photos…just not as many as I have in the past…I’m not sure why I haven’t  been as motivated…the weather has been stunning, I have a wonderful new camera, my computer is working faster than it has in a long time..I just haven’t had that creative urge …I do want to share some spring photos here though…

One morning was spent dying hard boiled eggs…Mr J and Miss E look so serious in these pictures!

I had forgotten how fast two children can dye a dozen eggs…and what serious business it can be…

Flooding…

 

Not only were all records of rainfall in RI shattered during the month of March, but my computer decided to breakdown too…

 

…so as the water rose in the basement and we tried to pump it out as fast as it came in…I could take photos but I couldn’t share them.

 

We were actually lucky… our furnace worked after the water receded, the road to town was reopened in two days, and we only lost power sporadically.   As for my computer….I finally got it back and I’ve been busy putting all the programs back in…