I live across the street from a field where flowers are grown for the florists.  So, today is picture day.

Marilynne

Sunflower

Yellow Strawflowers.  Their petals are papery.

Pink Strawflowers.  These make dry bouquets.

When Spring arrives in Southern California, I mostly forget that it’s arriving in huge splendor in the northern states.  I just forget that in Spring, they catch up with us.

When we lived in a northern state I planted crocus by the scores in a sunny, sheltered place by the driveway.  I was so happy to see them begin to peek up through the snow.

They are so hopeful, aren’t they?  I began planting tulips and daffodils, and all sorts of flowering shrubs.  We had a big yard and this Californian was really missing things green and flowery by the end of winter.

In my mind I hope those bulbs have multiplied and the shrubs have grown tall so that my old yard is a blaze of color every Spring.  I’ve never gone back, so I don’t really know.

Here Spring is heralded by the first white alyssum that grows in our grass.  It’s followed by California poppies with their bright yellow-orange flowers.  My husband just mows around them until they’re done growing.

So, I’m hoping that you all have your flowers around you too.  Spring is such a nice time of year.

Marilynne