As we drove through Virginia, the redbud trees were barely in evidence. Other harbingers of Spring were not so reticent.
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Let Ithaka be always in your thoughts.To get there is your goal and destiny.But do not hasten to your journeyâs end:itâs better if it lasts for many yearsso that you'll reach the island when youâre old,wealthy with all youâve gained along the way,not hoping Ithaka will make you rich.Your marvellous journey is Ithakaâs gift.Without her you would not have started out.But she has nothing more to give you now.And if you find she's poor, youâve not been fooled.So wise have you become, so much youâve learned,that you will know what Ithakas must be.Source: Seen in passing on X-Twitter. Holler if you want the whole thing.Author/Translator: Armand D'Angour, Professor of Classics, Oxford. Cello lover. Larkin about. Turning life into Latin verse, one hexameter at a time. Podcast âItâs All Greek (& Latin!) to Meâ.
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It’s the magnolias that I love — see any of those in bloom? One spring J&I went looking for spring about this time of year. We drove straight down to Savannah, GA before we saw them in bloom. After a few days we drove north until we saw them in new bloom, stayed…repeating the fully-loaded tree sighting all the way north.
After a month we returned to Canada where the buds were still not out! Suspect it will be different now with Climate Change moving everything up 2 weeks. đ
Barbara – We did not see any magnolias in bloom, although we saw some tulip trees/bushes, which are very like the magnolia the squirrel deflowers, literally, in my backyard. Your chasing-Spring trip sounds wonderful.
The redbud trees are among the first to bloom, as I recall. These flowering crabs are delicious!
Laurna – The crabs were some consolation for the absence of the redbud this year. I guess they’re usually mid-to-late April in those parts, so we were a bit early. And the early trees got bit by a late frost. I’m working now on a next-year plan. đ