Wearing o' the Green.......

It's a sad state of affairs........looking out beyond my front porch at a garden almost totally devoid of green. I'm hoping Nature will soon kick start Spring. This long, unusually cold Winter in the southeast has turned just about everything to shades of brown and tan. Although I love neutral shades, I do prefer an abundance of green in the garden.

Recent visit to SuzAnna's Antiques had me checking out the greens. I loved the old painted mini dresser - a child's perhaps - the faded yellow and green colors reminded me of jonquils soon to be sprouting through the soil.

Then there were the beautiful paintings hanging on a green wall. Pastoral scenes, reminding me of the rolling farmlands of England where sheep gather in flocks across the always green landscape and, at this time of year, start lambing. Last Spring during my visit home, I was thrilled to see so many lambs in the lush green fields......it was the prettiest Spring I could ever remember.

I know that soon with warming days and shorter nights, with snowfalls a memory and bird songs louder, Spring will arrive dressed in a thousand shades of green - I often wonder how many greens there really are, don't you?

So, here's to Spring. It's time to come out of hiding, to lift our spirits, to bring us blooms, soft breezes, gentle showers.....................to paint the landscape green again.

And the Spring arose on the garden faire,

Like the spirit of love felt everywhere;

And each flower and herb on earth's dark breast

Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.

.......................................................Shelley.