Loving Spring In

This poem expresses the perspective of a person encountering much rain, but looking past any inconvenience to the joy of spring flowers.

It is not raining rain to me,
It’s raining daffodils;
In every dimpled drop I see
Wildflowers on the hills.
April Rain [1901] st. 1

A health unto the happy!
A fig for him who frets!—
It is not raining rain to me,
It’s raining violets.
Ib. st. 4
--Robert Loveman (1864-1923)

If spring flowers have not yet sprung up in your area, I hope you are looking forward to the delights which increasing warm weather will surely bring. Have a great day!

Note on Illustrations: The Mayflower oil painting is in my dining room. The embroidery is in my guest room.

Flora in Winter Landscaping

The cold rain which came down all last night makes me with for some sights of spring. I thought about my visit to the "Flora in Winter" at the Worcester Art Museum described in my January 27 post.


Here are a few more photos which show the planting design in an entrance lobby.

The Lancaster Lobby at the Lancaster Street entrance to the Museum had a wonderful installation by Native Landscaping of Charlton, MA. Native Landscaping spent three days constructing a garden structure which brought the outdoors in, but without all the snow and ice out there. The plantings were composed by Gardens by Lisa of Oakham, MA. The variety of plants were enhanced by water, sculpture, rocks and stones.



We were fascinated to see the trunks of birch trees that were bent to form arches.

The installation included a stream of running water.


The special indoor landscape was adjacent to the cafeteria and provided a lovely terrace setting for additional tables for the diners.


Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you come again soon.