Magnolia's Evening Song ...

“For the winter is passed. The rain is over and gone. The flowers are springing up. And the time of the singing of the birds has come.”

                 ~ Song of Solomon 2: 11-12

The first breaking bud of the season on my favorite pink magnolia tree shows off its beauty on an early April evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

No Winter Lasts Forever ...

“No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn.” 

              ~ Hal Borland

                        ~ 1900-1978

     ~ American author, journalist & naturalist

A beautiful hyacinth at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania droops into the spring snow a day after a snowstorm on the first full day of spring March 21 brought more than a foot of snow to the region.

Sunday Stroll In Cherry Blossom Time ...

“Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.”

            ~ Ikkyu

               ~ 1394-1481

The romance of spring billows in the breeze as a couple enjoys a Sunday stroll in cherry blossom time on a late April evening on the upper plateau of Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.