Nature is!
I have always liked the beautiful colors of
flowers; however, my obsession really began about three years ago when Handsome
and I traveled the Rhine on a river cruise. We began our journey in Lucerne,
Switzerland in late June. The weather was perfect, in fact, almost like spring
compared to the heat my area experiences in the summer. Many variety of flowers
bloomed everywhere. I became captivated and took many photos. Some flowers resembled
those grown at home. I also spotted new plants. Even the tiny orange weed in
the crack next to a white-washed building captured my fancy.
This year, the spring flowers are bountiful, most
likely due to the abundance of rain and cool temperatures. The antique climbing
roses is loaded with tiny pale yellow bouquets. (These are the same plants I
nearly chopped down, too.) Every day, I see new things—a snowball viburnum
bursting with large blossoms. Many colors of Iris. Hot pink Gerbera daises.
Green roses.
The air is fresh, perfumed by the budding flowers.
The breeze lifts my hair and brushes across my mouth only to stick on my lip
balm (no flavor). On dog walks, Champ, our white malti-poo, toddles along,
stopping to pee every ten feet. His smoky gray brother, Jones, has long
straight legs and walks like he knows what he is doing, only he doesn’t most of
the time. Kids handling super-hero kites which are struggling to find lift. My
neighbor is dead-heading the yellow and purple pansies with their fanciful
smiles along her front walkway garden.
So how is all this loveliness inspiring?
I’ve been working harder at effective descriptions
by adding how I feel and what I see. Hopefully by doing so, you--the reader--are
experiencing a better mind picture.
