Springtime & Flowers

Springtime & Flowers

I just received an email from a dear friend in France and she sent this picture with a lovely bouquet of spring flowers - daffodils and hyacinths - all beautifully arranged in a stone jug and spotlighted by a sparkling ray of sunshine.  Thank you, Julie, for sharing a bit of France with us!

Here is the first stanza of a springtime poem by one of my favorite poets:

          A Prayer in Spring
            by Robert Frost
  Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
  And give us not to think so far away
  As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
  All simply in the springing of the year.

With the "uncertain harvest" lying ahead of our world these days, let's simply enjoy the beauty of the springtime earth that God has blessed us with today.  Some photos I've taken in various places:

Tulips in Amsterdam

Mimosa Tree at the Norfolk Zoo.  

Marisa and I always enjoy these exotic feathery blossoms

Hydrangea flowers - in my yard

Love the dramatic, colorful snowball-like flowers

Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia

Water lily in a pond at The Villages, Florida

Butterfly sits on pretty pink blossom - Greenville, SC

Wild Roses at Hunter House, Norfolk, VA

Monarch butterfly on flower at New Bern, NC

Although not all of the flowers pictured are specifically "spring bloomers," they are all beautiful creations of our wonderful Father God.  As our poet friend Robert Frost prayed, Give us, O Lord, pleasure in the flowers today; and help us not to think into the uncertain future.  Keep our thoughts on what is here before us on this day that You have given us -- the first day of spring (my paraphrase).

Hope you enjoy the flowers.  Carpe diem - Seize the day!