Monday, March 03, 2008

Spring image

Down an alley not far from here, there's a Gothic-looking home on a good-sized patch of land for this part of the city. The yard is crammed with huge trees, European beeches and Sequoias, large rhodedendron bushes, and its lawn is covered with a swath of fading snowdrops. Nestled in a far corner, right next to the sagging chain link fence bordering the alley, the fawn lilies have sent out their spotted leaves and are starting to bud. They have to be monitored frequently, or you can miss the first bloom; one good warm patch and they all appear, fading quickly in the sun.
They are the most beautiful wild flowers in this area. Every year their appearance brings hope.

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