Sunday, April 10, 2011

Promises, Hopes and Expectations

There are promises of Spring all around.

In the budding of the maple trees.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


In the robins that are too numerous to count in our yard. Their monotonous songs saturate the early morning hours.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


In the chicken-scratch dance of the Fox Sparrow, first sighted this weekend.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


In the budding forsythia.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


In the as-yet-unopened daffodil.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey


And the hope and expectation that rides on the very first lilac buds this bush has ever offered, which started as a tiny twig from my Mom’s lilac bush from her yard. I just wish she were here to see it bloom.

Lynne Robinson, Hewitt, New Jersey

Spring is coming. Slowly, ever so slowly,  but surely.

Comments:

It’s happening here, too. Your lilac bud makes me smile.

Jane, it makes me smile too. I was super excited to see flower buds from it this year! Finally.

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