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.

All Too Soon ...

“All too soon we had to part

The moment you had touched my heart

And with you went my dream

All too soon …

You should know as well as I

Our love deserves another try

For you whispered goodbye

All too soon

Too soon”

                     ~ “All Too Soon”

            ~ 1940 song composed
 by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Carl Sigman,

     recorded by other artists including

               Ella Fitzgerald

After rare warm February temperatures, this daffodil bloomed all too soon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, then whispers goodbye as it wilts all too soon after a March snowfall.

Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus … whatever name you choose, it’s beauty is gone all too soon about a week before spring is set to bloom.