Whisper the waking of...
Spring time...
New little lives surround us in earth sprouts and clay...
Paper dress dolls put on a Welcome Spring show, while the Mad Hatter sleeps...
Flowers for the local witch,Winnifred Bidelia...
I search...
Time to uncover a fresh does of magic...
A sprig of this, a dash of that...
There it is...
Now, which key to use?
Sending you a great big huge hearty dose of inspiration from our little nook...
On this beginning of new beginnings.
Au revoir winter.
Sniffle.
You will be missed as your essence lingers for just a few more weeks or even days, and then, with a whip of wind, you will be but a memory.
Hello spring, do stay and get cozy, won't you?
Sometimes, do you feel like you just want to run as fast as you can, and catch a butterfly net of enchantment, just for you. Just to keep and hold, and fill your inner cup of hopes and loves and dreams?
Something wonderful, something invigorating?
Something mind blowing?
I do.
Today is the day to capture some of that.
I just know it.
Winter said good-bye with one last snap.
48' F for a high yesterday.
84'F for a high coming on Saturday.
I know, wacky.
Perfectly circular orbs of hail fall from the clouds, in one last winter hoorah.
Arroyo Lupine with an excellent head start, masking water pipes.
A pup who doesn't really feel like having his pic taken today, because he was rushing by with a huge log of wood when I stopped him for a snapshot ;)
Gathering edibles.
Turnips and broccoli.
Served for breakfast with eggs and potatoes mixed with fresh flat leaf parsley and rosemary.
Spring 2012 is here. Isn't that sort of surreal?
I don't know why it is making me gasp?
Excitement? Hope?
I don't know, but my heart feels all a flutter.
You?
(Bat For Lashes. The Wizard. Fur And Gold. 2006. Melded with Albert Lamorisse's award winning "masterpiece" 1956's The Red Balloon)
Love, V
ps: Gypsy magic has been on high alert in the blogosphere the last couple of years. However, I have been spying lots of gypsy love in magazines lately...
April 2012 issue of Vogue is full of gypsy love...
And, I adored Rosamund Pike (below) in Town and Country in the late fall of 2011.
If we could all just hit the road in our own wagons.
With complete freedom of soul, and lack of worry.
Even if just for a week.
Wouldn't that be grand?