Birth Of Spring ...

  “I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.”

                ~ James M. Barrie

                 ~ 1860-1937

             ~ from “Peter Pan & Wendy”

                   ~ published 1911

This beautiful blue robin’s egg nestled in the warmth of a May evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania was once the home of a sweet robin who has broken out of the egg to soar into life, as new life is the heart of the birth of spring.

I Know Why The Catbird Sings ...

“A forest bird never wants a cage.”

       ~ Henrik Ibsen

             ~ 1828-1906

A gray catbird sings its song on a May afternoon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

A Gardenia Grows In Dixie ...

“Can words describe the fragrance of the very breathe of spring?”

              ~ Neltje Blanchan

                     ~ 1865-1918

     ~ Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who published several books on wildflowers and birds under the pen name Neltje Blanchan. Her work is known for its synthesis of scientific interest with poetic phrasing.

The sunlight of a southern morning in spring wraps itself around a fragrant gardenia bloom, illuminating its beauty on a late May morning in the Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina.