in the spirit of spring 2

i was outside taking a picture of the retaining wall for the previous post and decided to snap some of the buds and blooms. "why not" i told myself, people passing by already think i'm odd, taking picture of a wall... at least while i'm focusing my camera on plant material, i look like a nature enthusiast : )...

the cherry blossom tree is showing its buds...

and daffodils...

when i first took a pic of these buds, i didn't know they're daffodils but later they bloomed... and being an english lit. major, this William Wordsworth's poem came to mind. Enjoy!!!...

The Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never - ending line

Along the margin of a bay;

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out - did the sparkling waves in glee.

A poet could not be but gay.

In such a jocund company;

I gazed - and gazed - but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought;

For often when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils