Blossom Up!

Welcome Spring, officially! (Spring arrived in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20, 2013.) Despite the chilly, rainy weather, some plants are starting to flower. Spring is finally here and I have much in the way of spring colour in my garden. 

Flowers always make me feel happy. I believe in the goodness and power of flowers. According to a recent research conducted at Rutgers University-the State University of New Jersey-flowers can have a long-term positive effect upon people's moods. 

In a perfect world, I would fill every square inch of my home...

with flowers every day.

{...But the flower was not satisfied to complete the preparations for her beauty in the shelter of her green chamber.

She chose her colours with the greatest care. She dressed herself slowly. She adjusted her petals one by one. She did not wish to go out into the world all rumbled, like the field poppies. It was only in the full radiance of her beauty that she wished to appear. Oh, yes! She was a coquettish creature! And her mysterious adornment lasted for days and days.

Then one morning, exactly at sunrise, she suddenly showed herself. And, after working with all this pains-taking precision, she yawned and said: 

"Ah! I am scarcely awake. I beg that you will excuse me. My petals are still all disarranged..."}

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince. 

I love this book. It's a really inspiring book for folks of all ages. Have you read it? Isn't The Little Prince just the sweetest?

Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? I'll be relaxing and catching up on my reading and maybe taking a nice walk or two. The ever-growing days beckon me to spend more time outside of the house enjoying the fresh spring days and nature in its very best.

Hope you have a wonderful Spring weekend! xx

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