I'm terribly sorry...
...the announced post Old Linen Part 2 has to be delayed.
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Since Monday the weather is just perfect for repairing the garden,
for the usual necessary spring work, and I have to give priority to it.
first spring signs on Tuesday....
...cutting....cutting....ruined shrubs...
...Rosmary, Thyme and....
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...airing bedding and house linen...
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...keeping Thyme 'pour la cuisine'...
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...'playing' with the very few Hellebores we have this year....
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...getting all Lavender into shape...
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...airing quilts...
...and pillows...
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my olive grove en miniature - pruned/cut down...
:-(
but...
...I'll keep my hope up that...one day...
...they will have their leaves back....
...and maybe...
...also some olives again!
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Lines Written in Early Spring
by William Wordsworth (1798)I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The humans soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primroses tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes....
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Vivaldi's Spring with Itzhak Perlman
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...The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure;
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
"If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?"
William Wordsworth
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Truly - between garden and linen....
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Bon Weekend...
and
...to all my Irish friends a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
18th March - short update:
My Sunday concert with Itzhak Perlman and Max Bruch
