Waking up this morning around the time of sunrise and feeling the cool air as I took my dog outside, I realized it was going to be a lovely spring day here in the countryside. I’m at my folks place for the weekend.
A Country Sunrise
I love coming to the countryside and for me it is like visiting paradise. I love taking the time to enjoy the freshness of the spring air which smells heavenly to me, so fragrant with the rich vegetation. Everything is lush and green here. Flowers have already appeared, and on my walk today just through the entrance leading into the front lawn, after trailing my fingers along the wind chimes to make them sing, I saw daffodils (yellow) and narcissus (white with yellow centre).
Entrance to the Enchanted Front Lawn (can you see the windchimes?)
Throughout the first field where the house and driveway are, there are many places with periwinkle ground cover and they are flowering right now with delightful periwinkle blue flowers. My dog Charlie, and I, do two rounds of the front lawn to start off our walk and also to just see what has been going on there. The large crab-apple tree in the front lawn has begun blooming. It is not fully blooming yet, but the rest of it will open soon. The blossoms are pink and when the whole tree is in full bloom it is a gorgeous sight. Near it, the forsythia shrub has been flowering too, with its sunny, yellow blossoms.
Crab-apple tree starting to bloom, forsythia (yellow) has also been blooming
We went on across the grass to the shrub garden, walking past the old wooden door and windows that are waiting to be made into a green house. Past the red currant bushes that were gifted from our old family friend who used to work with my dad many years ago and who has since passed away. Past the black locust trees that form a trail where I once last year saw a coyote. And into another path through the trees, dappled with sunlight. As we walk by the entrance to the stream, my dog perks up his ears and head and stares across into the second field. What scents of animals he smells or sights he sees that I’m not able to perceive I am not sure, but we head off to continue our walk through the first field, circling around the perimeter and coming back along the driveway. Walking down the driveway on my right hand side I spotted a rabbit, frozen still with fright and good sense. Charlie hadn’t seen it yet but then the rabbit took off in its rabbity manner scurrying and bounding away. My dog was on a leash and was not able to give chase.
Periwinkle
My day continues to be a lovely country day filled with throwing sticks for my dog, looking at and trying to correctly identify all of my mother’s plants and flowers that are coming up again this year, thinking about what I’m going to plant in my own garden next weekend. In many ways this has been an idyllic country day. I feel inspired and replenished.