Showing posts with label narcissus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label narcissus. Show all posts

Thursday, December 14, 2017

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.

















Monday, March 14, 2016

Hope Springs Eternal ...



"Hope springs eternal ..."
                          ~ Alexander Pope
                                ~ 1688-1744

Hope springs eternal, just as surely as
the daffodils bloom in the early spring.

I always fill with happiness like a child
when I see spring's first blooms.

This is the first daffodil bud I've seen this season, 
captured in mid-March a little more than 
a week before the official beginning of
spring, a time of hope, beauty and fresh possibilities.

Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus ... whatever 
name you choose, this bud says spring
is awakening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Hope, like spring, is ever near.     
                                    

Monday, April 7, 2014

The Awakening ...


"When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere ..."
                                     ~John O'Donohue 
                                                       Irish poet & philosopher
                                                                    (1956-2008)

 Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus ... whatever name you choose,
this breaking bud says spring is awakening this weekend at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.