Sunday, February 21, 2010

fur & flowers

It’s a funny time of year. Half of nature is waking up to spring – flowers unfurling from bulbs, lambs bouncing over fields. Yet this morning, the flowers, the lambs and I woke to a fresh fall of unexpected snow.

I wrapped up warm in (faux!) fur, but added flowers to keep a bit of spring in my heart, like the snowdrops pushing up through the frost.
My sweetheart & I went out walking over frozen fields and through frosty trees, until our toes grew numb with cold and my need for a cup of tea became urgent!

It all reminded me of a little quote I love from the wonderful archives at StoryPeople;

The birds brought seed & flowers & bits of brightly colored string & placed them in her hair while she slept so that she would remember the wild joy of spring when she finally awoke.

From Wonderland, with Love, Sara xx