Ahh, Azaleas

 

Ahh, Azaleas.

Azaleas come out early in the budding Spring season and bring such color and joy to what had been a winter drabness. 

The bush that these beautiful flowers are from is old and wearing down but even so, the flowers that remain welcome this Spring as if no time has passed. They greet the people who come to the front door and bring smiles to their faces.

I am grateful for their lasting beauty and although eventually the bush will need to be removed, I won’t forget what it so graciously offered us through these many years.

Learn more about azaleas:

https://www.thespruce.com/when-to-fertilize-azaleas-7500894

Vee-ing Across the Sky

 

Vee-ing Across the Sky

 

The geese were flying back

from their warmer winter places,

honking as they flew over our house,

speaking goose talk as they guided each other

through the winds and the clouds.

The vee was long and announced

how many birds were returning home. 

Spring brings such interesting things

for us to see. I wonder

what the geese are observing

as they watch our human packs

below them.