Photo and Gardening: Buds and Blossoms - Blooms at the base of the Cottonwood

Photo and Gardening - Washed Lavender Sunshine

Photo and Gardening: Buds and Blossoms - Climbing Crimson Roses

Photo and Gardening: Buds and Blossoms - Creamcicle Lilly

Photo and Gardening: Buds and Blossoms - Lavender Pedals

Photo: Plants/House Plants/Buds and Blossoms: African Violets - Spring 2012

Photo: Gardens/Flower Beds/Buds and Blossoms - Flowers: Snow Capped Mountains

Photo: Landscape/Buds and Blossoms - Bushes: White Chocolate Popcorn Balls

Poem: Eaton Grove

Eaton Grove:
Grand Victorian
Lady -
Frilly lace
of molding
and stonework.
Little red wagons;
Crazy 
"Hippie Chickens" -
Peacock feathers
plume out
in majestic 
brilliance.
Unbridled 
and free 
spirited
call.
Greenhouses
bursting
in vibrant color -
Bleeding hearts,
clematis, 
calibrachoa
and snapdragon.
Lantana,
cuphea,
dahlia
and viola.
Bulbs of
gladiolas
and lillies.
Butterscotch
and cream
host -
Soothing
and mesmerizing
purr,
nestled
lazily
around the neck.

Poem: Hope in embryo

"By the sweat
of thy brow"
and the magnifying
hand of God -
The joyous,
wondrous
beauty of Spring!
Bulbs bloom
in a multiplicitious
painted array.
Flower gardens
abound -
In an infinite
hue.
Apricot tree
popcorn blossoms.
Pulling off
the blanket
of winter.
Tilling the earth -
Soil sifts
through fingers.
Dirt,
trapped 
under nails.
Weeding 
and trimming.
Industrious Planting:
Flowering plants,
climbing roses,
fruit trees,
and life sustaining 
crops.
Blessed birth
and maturation
of freshly 
soiled starts -
hope in embryo.

Photo: Flowers and Buds - Early Bloom