First Blossom – March 23, 2015

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Georgia

first blossoms
snow like blooms fall in the rain
exciting comments

There is a flowering apricot tree in my son’s garden, which is not the tree in this photograph, though they’re not dissimilar. Yesterday, was rainy and windy, the petals of the tree blew all around his garden. When h woke up my son looked out the window and shouted: “Oh no!!! It’s snowing!” and was happy to see that he was wrong.

Linked to Carpe Diem’s Time Glass Challenge

38 thoughts on “First Blossom – March 23, 2015”

Tournesol (Clr) on March 23, 2015 at 15:17 said:

What a lovely Haiga, cara, I was relieved. To read in your explanation it just looked like snow 🙂

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- Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 07:27 said:
  
  lol … my son was relieved too, when he saw they were blossoms and not snow flakes! 🙂
  
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  - Tournesol (Clr) on March 24, 2015 at 16:54 said:
    
    Well he can always move up here 😀
    
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    - Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 21:59 said:
      
      Somehow I don’t think he’d be enthusiastic about the idea 😉
      
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Mark M. Redfearn on March 23, 2015 at 18:08 said:

Aren’t you glad that your son was mistaken?!

First Plum Blossom

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- Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 07:29 said:
  
  Oh yes … very glad!
  
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Norma Ruttan on March 23, 2015 at 19:05 said:

I’ve seen that happen with other kinds of tree blossoms. But snow is forecast for later today. It snowed April 15 the year I had my second son. That’s the way it is in Indiana.

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- Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 07:31 said:
  
  Oh my … here it would be very odd indeed and also a disaster for the fruit farmers! I’m kinda glad I don’t live in Indiana, though it’s a lovely state and enjoyed visiting it when my family lived there.
  
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Jen on March 23, 2015 at 22:13 said:

What a moment!!!! 🙂
I love it, Georgia. THIS kind of snow you can handle, right?

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- Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 07:43 said:
  
  Oh yes .. this kind of snow I can handle very well. I showed it to kiddo when he got up and he had a great laugh about it!
  
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  - Jen on March 24, 2015 at 07:52 said:
    
    And guess what? Our temps dropped again – supposed to be flurrying by morning. I’m going to pretend it’s just a lot of blossoms. Sound like a plan? 😉
    
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    - Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 08:19 said:
      
      Oh no! I know that’s what springs all about but what a bother! I left Padova in bright sunshine, without even a jacket and when I rolled out of the tunnel that separates Veneto from Trentino, I found cool cloudy grey weather .. hubby said the whole weekend had been rainy!
      
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      - Jen on March 24, 2015 at 08:50 said:
        
        Oh dear. Yuk. You need at least a little sun! But hey — lots of May Flowers in the future, right? 😛
        
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      - Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 21:46 said:
        
        Well … spring is kind of crazy … but yes, finally up pops May! Hopefully this year we’ll have more summer sun tha last year … I’ve enough rain haiku to fill a book …uhm, which reminds me …
        
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      - Jen on March 24, 2015 at 22:51 said:
        
        … and Blake was commenting that I have enough snow-ku to fill a book! LOL! What a year!
        
        Mmmm…. book….!!!! 😀
        
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      - Bastet on March 25, 2015 at 07:04 said:
        
        Yeah … you got it! Book!!!
        
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    - Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 08:20 said:
      
      And yes .. sounds like a plan … these are not snowflakes, but blossoms of purist white …. falling past my window pane!
      
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      - Jen on March 24, 2015 at 08:51 said:
        
        Exactly! Cherry blossom rain! Plum blossom rain! Peach blossom rain!
        
        Anything but #%@#$ing snow!!!
        
        Hey, can’t complain, right? Soon enough it will be muggy summer.
        
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      - Bastet on March 24, 2015 at 21:49 said:
        
        Yep … we’ve always got something new to distract us!
        
        muggy heat
        sweat dripping off our brows
        awaiting autumn
        
        😀
        
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      - Jen on March 24, 2015 at 22:50 said:
        
        in a distant green rumble
        thunderheads roiling
        
        [they’re calling for rain all week – and possibly a thunderstorm on thursday. march!!!]
        
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      - Bastet on March 25, 2015 at 07:03 said:
        
        no March dunderheads
        a sweet rain filled wind blows
        greening rain drops fall
        
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      - Jen on March 25, 2015 at 07:34 said:
        
        underfoot, the carpet of brown
        leaps into clover
        
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      - Bastet on March 25, 2015 at 09:25 said:
        
        squish slosh goop
        walking in the muddy fields
        muddying the clover
        
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      - Jen on March 25, 2015 at 09:36 said:
        
        a single raindrop
        rests in a drooping white blossom
        
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      - Bastet on March 25, 2015 at 09:43 said:
        
        a tear from heaven
        a wish for sun kissed cheeks
        fickle is spring
        
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      - Jen on March 25, 2015 at 09:49 said:
        
        the wind is cold and fierce
        and weaves my hair into a veil
        
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      - Bastet on March 25, 2015 at 09:55 said:
        
        covering weariness
        these veiled eyes – tired of winter
        wistful thoughts of spring
        
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      - Jen on March 25, 2015 at 10:15 said:
        
        in the bare birches
        doves are fluffing and preening
        
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      - Bastet on March 25, 2015 at 10:39 said:
        
        a morning shower
        sprucing to meet their lovers
        in the park at noon
        
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      - Jen on March 26, 2015 at 01:04 said:
        
        a fleeting vision of wings
        sweeps across fresh puddles
        
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      - Bastet on March 26, 2015 at 05:32 said:
        
        water reflects
        freedom in the skies above
        here but for fortune
        
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      - Jen on March 26, 2015 at 06:41 said:
        
        ooh…! a phil reference!
        
        how the light shifts from gold to white –
        bittersweet changes
        
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      - Bastet on March 26, 2015 at 12:39 said:
        
        first flurries of snow
        swallows sing dirge like trills
        winter won’t let go
        
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      - Jen on March 26, 2015 at 18:15 said:
        
        a woman shivers in the cold
        as her hair turns to gray
        
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      - Bastet on March 26, 2015 at 18:21 said:
        
        oh, nice … this one takes reflection … and I’ve got to go get ready for class ….
        
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      - Jen on March 26, 2015 at 23:40 said:
        
        Hope you have a great class!!!
        
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      - Bastet on March 27, 2015 at 07:47 said:
        
        walking down the path
        thinking of winter changes
        from gold to white
        
        I had a great lesson .. and as usual I overslept today … I think that unless you have something to add here we can close this renga .. though there is something to be said about the direction it’s taking, which seems very interesting!
        
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