A Ten Second Dose of Beauty

One of the things I missed about blogging was that it encouraged me to focus on the positive things in life – good books, good food, new experiences and the beauty of the nature. I’ve started walking again, although my stamina isn’t what it used to be, and one of my favorite sights this spring was this expanse of wild daffodils nestled among the wooded acreage of an old mansion. Whoever planted these heirloom bulbs years ago, deserves credit for spreading such joy every spring. The video is only ten seconds, but it’s my first time uploading video so I hope it works.

These are from my garden, which has been sadly neglected over the past three years. No spring clean up going on here! I did plant 100 bulbs last fall, so I would have something to look forward to, but they barely made a dent. The daffodils were cheerful though, and the Siberian squill/wood squill/scilla bloomed at the same time. The woods above also have scilla, although they must have bloomed earlier this year. It’s always nice to have the contrast of yellow with blue or purple.

Although my grape hyacinths didn’t bloom until after the daffodils were done.

And the purple vinca later still.

These bell shaped blue flowers I bought at the horticultural society plant sale five years ago, are faithful spring arrivals.

There, I remembered how to do media. I bought a new camera in the fall of 2022, but I never really learned how to use it, so when I shot the photos in the woods, the camera setting was mistakenly on burst 4K video. So I had to figure out how to make screenshots of the video bursts and then crop the bottom play part out, which took more time than I care to admit. I hope you enjoy these early signs of spring. Stay tuned for next week, A Walk in the Spring Woods.

16 thoughts on “A Ten Second Dose of Beauty”

    • Joni says:
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      Thanks Anne! It’s good to be back, although I haven’t made it to Reader yet, I hope to next week. I bought way too many flowers today and they need to be planted this weekend. I like this time of years, but it’s a lot of work too. I think the gardening is getting to be too much for me, esp. if we have a hot summer. It’s already gone from pleasant spring temperatures to way too hot!

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  7. Linda Schaub says:
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    Spring has definitely sprung when I see this post Joni. I like the video too and you can see just how many flowers are there. I like the purple flowers, all very delicate looking. I have not planted anything this year. I do have to get more mulch put down as the mulch put down in the Fall by the “landscaper” was hardly enough and the landscape fabric is coming up through it from all the windy days we’ve experienced lately. So you had to get used to the different WordPress, the new laptop and the new camera … that’s a lot of firsts. My new laptop had issues after Microsoft launched an update that was buggy and I spent the entire day Tuesday with five different techs at HP. Thankfully Microsoft issued a “fix” for the buggy update and my computer is back to order now after a few harrowing days.

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    • Joni says:
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      Actually I don’t know what they are and neither do my hort. society friends? So I just call them bluebells. I bought them at the plant sale about 5 years ago, but the stuff sold there is donated and/or have lost their id tags. I think I just asked for something in blue! I bought a Virginia bluebell at the plant sale this year, but it’s not the same. And I don’t think it’s an English bluebell either. It must be an “alien” bluebell. I haven’t killed it yet so it’s a hardy soul, and it blooms in early May.

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