“and all the world is glad with may.”
john burroughs
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art credit: madison safer
the dandelions have returned, and i couldn’t be happier.
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“Every year,” said Grandfather. “They run amuck; I let them.
Pride of lions in the yard. Stare, and they burn a hole in your retina.
A common flower, a weed that no one sees, yes.
But for us, a noble thing, the dandelion.”
-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
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art credit: garth williams, (the rabbit’s wedding) – rabbit basking in the moonlight
“april hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”
-william shakespeare
hijinx by maggie vandewalle
“Hijinx” is the very first hare painting by watercolor artist Maggie Vandewalle. This is a depiction of a spring day and the doings of English hares, having just just finished reading a book detailing their oddities. Hijinx is a wonderfully expressive piece, one that has inspired a whole range of hare paintings, but this being the first gives it a special place in her heart.
“i’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.”
-the temptations
coats ‘n kids go separate ways
as they hope for spring
on these sunny days.
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“it’s spring fever. that is what the name of it is. and when you’ve got it,
you want -oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want,
but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
-mark twain
and after winter folweth grene may.
-geoffrey chaucer
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image credit: zazzle.com
The University of Michigan Bentley Library
a rainy night on campus. 1909
Photo credit: Daines & Nickels (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
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happy day to all who celebrate the return of spring
in their own very fine way.
“i still believe in santa, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy and true love. don’t even try to tell me different.”
-dolly parton
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art credits: vicky sawyer
“the rabbit of easter. he bring of the chocolate.”
-david sedaris
photo credit: from my favorite chocolatier with a cause, peace by chocolate
link to my earlier post about their story:
“the other day when i was walking through the woods,
i saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree”
-steven wright
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art credit: vicky sawyer
I didn't have my glasses on.... 