Another serenade to seasonality this Saturday in late May. I offer you a rhododendron haiku to honor this temperate turn from spring to a precocious preview of summery days ahead.
Rhodos invite optimism. An audacious pinkish-purply-red extravaganza floating above a sea of green. A swell of polished rhododendron leaves creating a sea of Lily-of-the-Valley leaves. Such springtime extravagance. Enough of stock of stick season austerity. It’s time to sing!
I shared a similar perspective seven years ago:
It’s a misty, moody morning, but the sun is coming out, and the rhododendrons are blooming.
Life is good.
(Source: Spring Soggies & Blooms)
Life. Is. Good.
Rhododendron Haiku
Glossy evergreen
bursts magenta petal bombs —
madcap May Juning.
Certainly summer is swaggering in…
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