My pansies are blooming. Not only that, but some pansies that I planted in 2007 are also blooming. For a reason that I can't explain, even with some modest research, I have a patch of pansies that I planted when Bernie was very sick. They bloomed last spring more vigorously than any I have ever had, and I have planted them for many, many years. Furthermore, they continued to bloom in the hot summer months, when most pansies dry up and say, "Enough." Last fall, when it snowed for the first time they were still blooming, and I thought they had set a record for being alive and flowering for a full 13 months.
I was very wrong. They are starting to bloom again, and they have more blossoms than the newer plants that were planted a year later. Perhaps they like the spot they are in. Perhaps they were particularly strong plants. Perhaps they are just weird.
These pansies have been the subject of my thoughts and many conversations with friends and visitors. Today they prompted me to write about them. There is a reason. They are part of the "spring thing." I also have dwarf iris and crocus blooms. They are in all the same colors as the pansies, so it looks good. I have tulips and daffodils and hyacinths poking through the dirt, and they will be next. They are also part of the "spring thing."
The whole message of spring is that no matter how cold, no matter how dreary, no matter how messy the winter has been; and no matter how long it lasts -- spring does come. Spring is about another season. Spring is about re-birth. Spring is about coming alive again. There are many metaphorical and psychological and pictorial lessons to be had. There are many spiritual comparisons to be made. You have likely heard them spoken of. You have likely read about them. You have likely witnessed them and thought about them. So have I.
The wonderful thing is this -- it's happening again, and it is equally wonderful (or maybe more wonderful) every time. Happy Spring! I think I will go out and look at my pansies -- and crocuses -- and dwarf iris.
3 comments:
Janice, I agree totally with your lovely thoughts about Spring, although you can express it so much more beautifully than I can. That is one of your great talents! HAPPY SPRING to you too!!!!
Happy Spring to you, too! Even though it looks like Christmas is about to happen again. ;) I love when the tulips and crocus start popping. It's my favorite time of the year.
Yes, spring always arrives and I agree that there is a deeper meaning to spring to most of us than just blooming flowers. It's hope; it's life; it is rebirth, and just when you think it won't arrive, there it is!
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