There’s been a bit of a drought in my picture taking. I got so tired of winter, and now in spring I’m reluctant to shoot the same photos I shoot every year. Although when you think about it, it’s kind of beautiful that the same crocus, hellabore, and winter aconite pop up over the same creative neighbor’s stonewall year after year.
We’ve finally had some spring in New England. The very best sign of that was a lemonade stand I saw yesterday.
Two young girls were selling lemonade and flavored iced tea ($.75, mint leaves optional) and Rice Krispies Treats ($.25) while playing duets on the clarinet and violin. They told me they were raising money for a charity that provides instruments and music lessons to children in Haiti.
They were adorable. One girl pointed out their homemade signs. She said, “We didn’t have any big cardboard to make signs, so we got pizza for dinner last night.” The pizza box provided the needed cardboard.
The other pictures are pretty self-explanatory. The crocus flowers peeked up just before we had one of our numerous late snowstorms. The gorgeous architecture and shadows are thanks to the preservation ethos in Providence.
I was thrilled to see the opportunistic pansy poking through a stone curb. And the trout lilies. I had to take two shots of the trout lilies, the only wildflowers that still flourish after I took a walking class in local conservation lands 25 years ago.
(No worries: I didn’t steal flowers from the woods but was able to buy several varieties of wildflowers at a plant sale. Sometimes a solitary May Apple shows up near the trout lilies in my yard, but it is sad and lonely. The trillium never had a prayer as it is fussy about soil and likes to hang with a group. Perhaps the wild geraniums will bloom this year.)
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Cute. We saw a couple of lemonade stands last weekend along the Minute Man Railtrail. Cheers
‘Tis the season for lemonade stands. I liked that the girls had a charity in mind. My kids and grandkids have always given portions to charity, but they also save a lot for buying toys.
Lunch, a drink, and a musical interlude for $1!? Priceless! And I love seeing the flowers–on my usual walking route I get to see trilliums even year–I’ll need to make a point to see if they’re blooming yet.
Post a picture if you see trilliums. They do prefer to be wild.
How sweet! And never apologize to post the same flowers every year! I so enjoy them ! Their beauty is so short
So true. I picked a lonely jonquil today and already it seems not as sprightly as in the morning. But I had to have it in the house. No one could see it where it grew.