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!
10 comments:
Wow! A profusion of pink to greet me. Your photos are beautiful. I have no pink blooms anymore since we moved from the horse farm and seeing these was a nice gift.
Blossom time is so fleeting, but so delightful!
Loved the youtube videos!
Oh oh oh the blossom is such a gift, and your photos are wonderful. It's such a short lived moment of glory isn't it, but so worth it.
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Thank you, sweetie, for the mention! But I knew before I ever looked that your pictures would outdo mine! Gorgeous! I love those cherry blossoms...they're like double apple ones. The dogwoods are so pretty, too. Spring just makes it easy for us photographers, doesn't she?
Loved the videos! XOXO
what a beautiful explosion of pink ...
what gorgeous shots!!! and cherry blossoms - i adore them, their season is always way too short.
Apple blossom time... the most heavenly time! Oh, I miss dogwoods from back home there... We don't have them here. Thank you for these sweet moments in time...and good music. :o) Happy Weekend ((HUGS))
The blossoms are magic. The cherry ones are softer than tissue paper.
Thank you for the intro to the Puppini Sisters! Love that retro Betty Boop feel.
Your photos are wonderful!!!!!
OH! I really, really, really want to live where you live! So beautiful.
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