It happened. Today was that day that marks the beginning of the next season in our minds. Today went above 80 degrees. Today we went to a local botanical garden and everything was SO MUCH.
We visit the gardens often, but today was amazing with so much in bloom, brightly colored, and almost fluorescent in its freshness. Intense colors, fragrance, textures, movement, life. Turtles, birds, ducklings, crabapple petals fluttering onto our heads, and flowering something every step of the way.
The colors, after a long winter and drab early spring, were so intense it was almost too much! A total assault of the senses.
We made it to this hot pink poofball flower and we all actually laughed out loud together at how monstrously amazing it was that a flower could be SO bright and fluffy and humongous. It was almost ridiculous! It was almost as big as G's head!
As we wandered through a flowering wonderland A said, "Everything looks like sorbet, even the trees!"
And G, right behind him shrieked "NO, GELATO!". :)
A wondrous day.
Yeah for gelato, sorbet and summertime colors! What a great garden to visit.
ReplyDeleteThey are so right your boys....it is just like gelato. ;)What a beautiful place.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
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wow! so much color!
ReplyDeleteand how cute are your cuties!
80 degrees??? That's crazy! I don't think we were much over 68. Hm, crazy weather.
ReplyDeleteA poofball flower? It is beautiful. I don't think I've seen one of those before. How wonderful that your boys found the colors so exhilarating. And sorbet and gelato are the perfect metaphors for spring colors, how poetic your boys are.
-Lisa :)
love the vibrant colors! and so ready for summer! your header is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSorbet, gelato...your boys are poets! What a beautiful day.
ReplyDeleteyour world for sure is colorful and with those 2 adorable ones in the last photo. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteYay!
ReplyDeleteWe have been celebrating the arrival of early Summer the last few days, too. Looks like at the same time!
Beautiful, beautiful.
Gorgeous photos! Looks heavenly, especially that stone path with its wildflowers.
ReplyDeleteLove your new header up there. I wish Wordpress was as easy to edit as I remember blogger being. If that was the case, I'd change it up more often. :/ As it was I had to have help but I think I may know how to do it next time.
~Tara
I want to come to Madison . . .
ReplyDeleteOur early summer flowers are out here, but they are much more subdued!
Happy Summer!
I love your photo of the pathway...there's just something about seeing a pathway that always has me taking a photo of it and quoting Robert Frost. ;-) Lovely lilacs too, we've got two vases full in our home right now. They are my husband's favourite scent.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful day! I love the way kids see things, so refreshing and new. The boys are getting so big!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome quote! The first few days over 70 always kill me then I get used to it. Here's to summer!
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