Spring Has Sprung!

To everyone’s delight

A delightful freesia | Photo by writer

In Spring’s fest, all are welcome.

A lil bit of rose, marigold, viola, african daisy, rosemary, onion, oxalis and fennel, at an entry point of my garden | Photo by writer

It’s an irresistible invitation extended to the thoughtful, watchful admirers of nature.

A magical onion flowering orb | Photo by writer

And it’s also a series of surprising delight-filled quaint discoveries for the common man :)

A spire of blue dreams — Thunbergia grandiflora hiking up to the terrace | Photo by writer

For both the common man and the uncommon gardener, Spring flashes her bountiful charm in abundance.

A potful of tiger-eye violas | Photo by writer

Purple, green, red — resplendent! An accidental poppy in this year’s garden | Photo by writer

Pinge? Orink? A pink/orange Dahlia variabilis | Photo by writer

For naive gardeners like me, the exciting season offers a kind enough chance to merge eccentric ideas at will and still end up with vividly playful mini landscapes like —

A whimsical medley, a gardener’s canvas | Photo by writer

White-yellow-green-blue, of painted daisy and cornflower | Photo by writer

An eccentric troupe — Dahlia variabilis, cherry tomato ‘yellow grapes’, a delinquently coloured sweet pea, and a vigorous baby Cestrum diurnum (day flowering jasmine) | Photo by writer

And truly, what an eternal joy is a thing of beauty!

Azaleas blushing beside a poignant pelargonium | Photo by writer

Here’s some first class nature journalling here on In Living Color that I want to give a shout out to—

Manali Mitra’s eye for the extraordinary is fascinating..

The Bold and the Beautiful — A Week Amidst the Boulders

Allisonn Church loves green, and shares some adorable mossy shots —

Green Green Green!

Erika Burkhalter’s sprightly garden and cats!

My California Early-Spring Garden

Thank you for reading :)