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RE: Share Your Seasonal Photo and Win Hive

in HiveGarden2 years ago

Wait?!!! Holidays??! I only know this NOW? Here I'm "vacationing" all over the place because most people think that a holiday only happens for a country's remember-something-day. YAY for Aussies who actually speak English. Of course the fact that we haven't had a holiday (OR vacation) for years is beside the point....now onto my photo comment. Hopefully you can have a holiday over it 😎

The chilly Spring mist lifts as the radiant suns beams into the waking world. Gone are the winter blues. Gone is the black frost that wrecks havoc in the garden and among lambing mothers. Gone are frosty mornings fumbling around in the dark for warm slippers and coffee mugs; long before the sun begins to stir. Like a heavenly conductor the first kiss of sunlight causes a ripple across the countryside. A twitter here. A bleat there. A branch creaks. And then the orchestra swells. Birdsong greets the waking dawn. Frolicking lambs fill the horizon. The sweet fragrance of opening blossoms permeates the air. It is a wonderful way to wake up. Only a slight chill. Not the frost of winter. Not the merciless heat of winter. Ah. Spring. New life. Hope. Joy. A spring in the step as you more eagerly anticipate the day's summer preparations. And nestled in the flowering fruit trees birds that are busy with their own preening and preparing to raise this season's young. First fruits. The promise of new life and overcoming. What joy and hope greets the dawn!

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 2 years ago  

Oh, that photo - birds and blossoms! I am right there with you. The birds are going crazy right now! this is soooo poetic - clearly spring is tugging at your heart!

My favourite is the crapapple blossom - it's a spectacularly vivid pink!

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I just harvested 7 lbs of crabapples. You can use them in baking much like apples. Who knew 🤷‍♂️ Anyway it was the only fruit tree I have that is producing. The rest are too young.

 2 years ago  

Oh yes and you can make membrillo from them too... Or wine. With enough sugar one can do anything with them. I planted it as it reminded us of England.

Wine?! Well, yes, as you say with sugar. Anything. So what does a crabapple taste like? The flowers are stunning! But I've never tasted the fruit

 2 years ago  

Very tart! Lip puckeringly so. But very high in pectin. Like an apple that hasn't learnt to be polite.

Lovely capture. 😃

 2 years ago  

Beautiful picture. Happy spring, new life is everywhere. I love the spring here in the USA, it drags me out of those winter blues.
Have a wonderful day, cheers!

And to you too as you head into winter may the blues stay away

 2 years ago  

haha I say that every year, no blues, enjoy the cold and snow, be positive! Well, it lasts for a while, but by February I am done so we get out of the north and fly south. Thank goodness.

A beautiful shot, @buckaroobaby! I love knowing some of you lovely folks in the opposite hemisphere because as @farm-mom said, it is nice to see in a few months once everything gets a little more bleak here in the heart of winter. Though right now I am adoring our cooler weather as we head into autumn!

Thank you @plantstoplanks. Right now we have really confused weather. Feels more like we are entering winter than leaving it

Oh my dear friend, you have a way of writing that transports me to the scene, and your photography skills seal the deal. I loved every part of that and was tickled to feel a bit of spring brisk freshness as we fade into the end of the growing season here in my realm. You are awesome😊

Am I blushing? It think it's just the reflection off those blossoms