Thursday, April 30, 2009

Happy May Day!

"....All things seem possible in May." ~Edwin Way Teale
Tis like the birthday of the world,
When earth was born in bloom... ~Thomas Hood
Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature's rebirth? ~Edward Giobbi
When April steps aside for May,
Like diamonds all the rain-drops glisten;
Fresh violets open every day:
To some new bird each hour we listen.
~Lucy Larcom
For winter's rains and ruins are over,
And all the season of snows and sins;
The days dividing lover and lover,
The light that loses, the night that wins;
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins."
~ Algernon Charles Swinburne (1890)

NOTES: white crysanthemums from my garden, azaela in North Carolina in the spring, yellow blooming palo verde tree (Arizona), robin and baby in holly tree, cactus bloom (Arizona)

photos by me© 2006-2009

22 comments:

  1. And my bday is May the 7th Wooo Hooo May :)

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  2. Oh I do agree about May though it is overcast and raining here in my part of the UK. But this is the month it all starts to happen in the gardens.

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  3. Wow! Beautiful May! And stunning photos!

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  4. Happy May Day! I really like the quotes - thank you.

    P.S. The cats do sleep on each other's quilts, of course! We try to put each cat's quilt where he/she sleeps the most - not sure where Franklin's is going to go since he likes to sleep anywhere and everywhere.

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  5. Those are beautiful pics. Very very pretty. I love May, too!

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  6. Wonderful tribute to May and the promise of beauty to come!

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  7. What a beautiful post today! Yay for May!

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  8. Just beautiful! Happy May Day! :D

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  9. Hooray for May! Thanks for posting these gorgeous photos!

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  10. Breath taking photos did you take These Pictures?

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  11. Yes, I take most of the photos on my blog. I love photography! I post a credit at the very end of each blog post.
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    Thanks, everyone, for the compliments! I very much appreciate them!

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  12. Great photos! And great little quotes :)
    They brightened my day :)

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  13. oohh, pretty pictures. I love those white crysant. Lovely!

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  14. i LOVE your pictures. They're GREAT!

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  15. >Face is smiling & heart is brightened<

    Thank you!

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  16. Your talent is amazing! I love the birds in their nest. Ahhhh....spring.

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  17. The robins are in my neighbors' holly tree--prickly leaves, so interesting choice. We had fun watching the adults feeding the babies--just beaks peaking upward out of the nest. The robins are more mature now. I took a photo on 5/2 of 4 beaks lined up at a 45 degree angle poking upward out of the nest.
    And there was a box turtle making a little hollow in the mulch under the water spigot.
    Everything comes alive in the Spring! a glorious time of year.

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  18. So beautiful, fantastic photos.
    SQ

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  19. Lovely photos! I just LOVE flowers. They make the world a better place!

    I think the 2nd one is either an azalea or rhododendron. I'm from NC, are you??? It's time for the rhodies to bloom now and the azaleas have just finished...

    Danita

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