The Daffodils and Red Bud Trees are in Bloom!

"Daffodils" (1804) I wandr'd lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretch'd in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay

In such a jocund company:

I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).

The weather has been so Spring-like that the daffodils and Red Bud Trees are blooming! These don't usually bloom until the end of March or April, so it certainly lifts the spirits in the middle of February. Yes, I miss the snow - the beauty of it and the fun of it...taking a night-time stroll with huge, soft flakes coming down...sledding...skiing. But I also love where I live with the moderate weather and the beauty of the flowers. Spring is breath-taking in Georgia! "Bloom where you are planted"!