Syksy vaihtuu kevääksi
As giddy as a baby on a swing
Täällähän on siis olevinaan keskitalvi. Kameliat kukkivat vielä täyttä vauhtia mutta kukkapenkki työntää jo narsissinvartta (alakuva), ja pienimmät nunnannarsissit (yläkuvassa) kukkivat jo. Tätä tarkoitin, kun jossain välissä puhuin kolmesta vuodenajasta - siitä, miten syksy vaihtuu suoraan kevääksi ja talvi jää välistä.
Australialaisittain Robertson on tietysti hyvin kylmä kolkka, useimmilla seuduilla ei voi puhua vuodenajoista ollenkaan.
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It is rainy and cold but suddenly it feels a lot like spring to me. (I know, Richard Rodgers wrote a song about this.) But no, it isn't my hormones, it is the spring bulbs that have started to flower. Bigger daffodils are still to come (lower picture), but sweet little jonquils are already in full bloom.
This is what I meant the other day when I was talking about three seasons and autumn turning to spring.
But I feel so gay
in a melancholy way
that it might as well be Spring.
Comments - Kommentit
Anni.
It's nice to get that "first crazy flush of spring" feeling. For me it happened a few days ago, watching the Little Eagle floating on air above my house. (Blog 16/7/06) Not a "spring" moment, necessarily, but the same flush of excitement.
And today I saw the first pink buds of my Peonies poking throught the soil - that's a distant promise.
Posted by: Denis | July 19, 2006 06:31 PM
I love Jonquils. And daffadowndillies, of course. But best of all, their arrival precedes freesia season. Soon, soon!
At my old house, Spring meant waking up one morning to find the hitherto leafless Japanese Maple covered in lovely yellow-green leaves. Not so much here where everything seems to be evergreen. So I'm waiting for the light to change. Or that little scented gusting breeze that says Holidays are Coming!
Posted by: Angharad | July 19, 2006 09:20 PM
Ja alakuvassa ruusut juuri lopettaneet kukintansa?
Posted by: Jaska | July 20, 2006 03:24 AM
Blogisi on kivaa luettavaa. Sitä aina välillä mielenkiinnolla luen. Mukava tuulahdus maailmalta.
Posted by: Pirjo Helminen | July 20, 2006 06:03 AM
Hei Jaska - ne ovat kamelian lehtiä, ruusuilla on lepokausi, tai oikeastaan ne pitäisi leikata ja lannoittaa tässä lähiaikoina uutta kasvukautta varten.
Kiitos kaunis kommentista, Pirjo!
So your new peony season has started already, Denis! How nice, I thought it was way too early for that yet.
Freesias are your favourite, then, Angharad? I do love the fragrance and actually had some in the flower bed in front of the house. But they didn't like the spot and looked miserable. Or maybe it is the wrong climate, who knows.
Posted by: Anni | July 20, 2006 11:58 AM
Hi Anni
It is too early for my Peonies, yet. These are just their pink buds (leaf buds) showing through the soil. But still there is the first flush of a promise. A bit like feeling a fish "nibble" on a bait.
Posted by: Denis | July 20, 2006 02:19 PM
Yes, freesias seem to be a bit fussy. They grew in reams (the wrong word, but you know what I mean) where I grew up but they just don't take to my new suburb. For goodness' sake, it's only a few kilometres away!
Posted by: Angharad | July 20, 2006 02:38 PM
Anni..a word with a certain resonance is (to me )rorter..you explored the roots of trough (another goodie) which combines to form Troughrorter.This describes a form of politico-corporate behaviour..this word came to me when our leaders were involved in a particularly nasty bit of deviousness...
Posted by: penny | August 22, 2006 04:31 PM