Shells and Roses: Thinking of Lilacs

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Thinking of Lilacs

Now that I feel that spring is in the air,
I'm dreaming of lilacs!
Must have patience for in Maine we probably
won't see them blooming until the beginning of June.

4 comments:

Gemma Mortlock said...: Such a lovely drawing....its cheered up my day, here in London its raining so it was nice to see a bit of colour. xx; April 9, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Roses and Lilacs said...: A lovely painting of my two favorite things, cats and lilacs. The leaf buds are swelling now so we will probably have blooms before June. I look forward to lilac time every year, wonderful but very short.
Marnie; April 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM
quiltcat said...: What a sweet painting! is that Polly, the kitchen goddess, in her basket? I love lilacs, too. Not sure if mine will bloom this year...have to go look for flower buds when i get home tonight!; April 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Nan and =^..^= said...: Gemma, thanks so much for your comment! We were lucky today to see sunshine but the clouds and rain are returning soon.

Marnie,
My husband has been collecting lilacs for quite some time... many years ago we were visiting Ken Berdeen, a local man who bred lilacs in his backyard in Kennebunk. As we wandered through his collection with him he picked a beautiful bouquet of lilacs and gave them to me. My husband tried rooting them and many of them took so now we have some very special and unusual lilacs and they remind us of Ken. I always look forward to them, too!

quiltcat,
That sure is Polly in her counter basket! I hope your lilacs bloom this year!; April 9, 2009 at 11:06 PM