It's a grim, wet and wintry Sunday, but there's a glimmer of hope in the extensive gardens of Dolores Delargo Towers - as we have a bizarre seasonal "handover". The fuchsias and salvias are still (just about) blooming, yet we have our first snowdrop in bud! The herald of Spring has arrived, and we don't even hit Midwinter's Day for another week.
Optimism and cheer are much-needed at the moment, so here's a moment of bliss in a tumultuous world to soothe the mood, courtesy of the BBC Instrumental Sessions:
Just what the doctor ordered.
[The headline is a quote from Funny Girl, of course.]
The poor snowdrops!!!!
ReplyDeleteTough as old boots, snowdrops. Jx
DeleteHow confused the snowdrops must feel, bursting on the scene weeks before their entrance cue.
ReplyDelete"...Sure of my lines
DeleteNo-one is there..."
It's all very confused out there. Spring and autumn in one garden. Jx
I do love "The Swan". I have vague memories of playing it on the piano when I was younger. Not quite up to the standard of the BBC orchestra though... *ahem*
ReplyDeleteI can't see any of my snowdrops, but there seem to be plenty of crocuses and daffs breaking cover. And one pot of snake's head fritillaries.
Loads of our bulbs are up - including Anemone de Caen (which we would normally associate with "tulip-time" in April), and Dutch Iris (whose leaves are a foot tall, yet last year didn't flower till May!), as well as the "usual suspects" such as dwarf Iris and Chionodoxa, yet no sign so far of Daffs nor Fritillaria...
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PS Do you have any recordings of young DeVicette tinkling his ivories?
What are ya gonna do? Shoot da swans? These lovelies?
ReplyDeleteCan't you see when you look at me
What a lovely creature is a swan
"I'm the greatest star
DeleteI am by far
But no one knows it"
Jx