Welcome Sweet Springtime

Welcome, sweet Springtime! We greet thee in song,

Murmurs of gladness fall on the ear,

Voices long hushed now their full notes prolong

Echoing far and near.

Sunshine now wakes all the flow'rets from sleep,

Joy-giving incense floats on the air;

Snow-drop and primrose both timidly peep,

Hailing the glad new year.

 

Balmy and life-breathing breezes are blowing,

Swiftly to nature new vigor bestowing.

Ah, how my heart beats with rapture anew,

As earth's fairest beauties again meet my view.

Sing then, ye birds: raise your voices on high;

Flow'rets awake ye! Burst into bloom!

Springtime is come! and sweet Summer is nigh,

Sing then, ye birds, O sing!

 

 

 

 

 

From the Andy griffith Show:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aP7LeMY_vM

 

Pulmonarias, or lungworts, are perennials that bloom very early in spring and have interesting foliage from spring through fall. The leaves grow in basal rosettes and in some types are marked with silver-white splotches. The flowers may be blue or pink and in some cases start out pink and fade to blue, so both colors appear at once on the same plant.

~ howstuffworks.com

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