Spring Is A Comin’ In…
…and that means #DucklingAlert time on the nearby Avon River
It’s also that time of spring for an iris alert in the garden. These irises came from my Mum’s garden. I dug them out before she passed away (after a long illness) and transported them across islands and a stretch of ocean (I’m indulging in poetic license here, it was Cook Strait) before replanting in Christchurch. It’s taken a few years but they’re finally starting to ‘take hold.’
They’re always small, btw, rather than having long stems.:) You can also see one of the last of the nearby magnolia stellata flowers fallen to the ground as spring — not unlike the irises — takes hold. I believe the poet, William Carlos Williams, the magic of this process in his poem Spring and All:
...It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf
…the profound change
has come upon them: rooted they
grip down and begin to awaken
The green shoots coming through all around the irises are Michaelmas daisies, which will flower around the autumn equinox.
I’m loving the spring. Our garden is still a bit of a wasteland but I take inspiration from all those around me.
I hope there are many nice ones around you, Jacqui. 🙂
I always love your seasonal posts … from the other side of the world. We are watching the trees begin to change color and welcoming earlier evenings with cooler temperatures.
I’m definitely a fan of autumn as well as spring. I love the gold-bronze-rust-scarlet-crimson colours and the deepening dusks. And it’s kind of fun to know we live in a world where things go by opposites, depending on geography.:)
Spring is here in Wellington too. It was a bit late arriving but it has arrived – in October. My daffodils arrived on time – they started flowering last month.
The daffodils here have been and gone a few weeks, June, although the hellebores are holding on still — and the wisteria about to burst into its full splendour.