Most years by now all the
spring-blooming plants were in full blossom, and I sometimes listed all I could see
around Couchwood. Not this year. But with the few warm days we’ve
had, more and more color is showing on this first day of spring.
The
inside plants blooming are blue African violets, and
red epesia trumpets. The bracts of the red Christmas poinsettia, and two red
carnations with baby’s breath and greenery (from the Valentine bouquet sent by
my Florida son) still decorate my buffet.
Oh,
yes, and a bouquet of cut flowers lends springtime to my sight and a heady
aroma to my nose from the dining table. For the first time ever, I also arranged a bouquet for the bathroom. (Why hadn't I thought of that before now?)
Outside on the porch are the
newly released house plants. The baby jew from my Hot Springs son has tiny
white dots for blooms. (I’ve never had such a plant before. ) Two other plants
have their own odd-shaped blossoms. A cutting of begonia in water shows a pink
bloom.
Five kinds of daffodil or
buttercups brighten either the edges of the yard or the flower beds. The
vintage double ones are more profuse than usual. And appear in more places.
Others are common daffodils, a vintage, single fragrant buttercup, two
hybridized ones—one completely yellow with a cup, and one yellow with an orange
cup. Oh, and here’s another: ivory with a larger yellow cup.
Farther out are forsythia,
japonica—both pink and white--and spirea, but none as full of color as they
usually are by this time. Perhaps another week of warm weather…
Grandson Billy’s 24th birthday
was Wednesday. The first time in his life, he said, that it didn’t
fall during spring break. He'll come "home" tonight and Friday (no classes; no work shift) for a rare visit.
Other family events happened in
March. Dad was born March 25, 1909. One of my sisters—Barbara--was born on
March 28, 1947. Mom died on March 28, 2006.
On March 20 in other years, Uncle Tom's Cabin was first published--in 1852. John Lennon married Yoko Ono in Gibraltar,
1969.
On March 21st in 1790, Thomas Jefferson became Secretary of
State under President Washington. Alcatraz prison was emptied of prisoners by
the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in 1963.
March 22nd saw The Beatles’ US album The Early Beatles
released in 1965.
March 23rd Patrick Henry's Give me Liberty speech
occurred in 1775.The United States Mint produced its first coins made by a
press in 1836.
March 24th 1989 saw the largest oil spill in United States
history. It happened in Alaska.
On March 25th in 1954, RCA first produced color televisions. (I
was a high school senior.)
March 26th 1892, poet Walt Whitman died in Camden, New Jersey.
Belated, but still appropriate to the season is this Irish Blessing: “May good luck be with you wherever you go, and your blessings outnumber
the shamrocks that grow.”
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