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I am digging in soil right now,

Planting plants I bought months ago.


Months ago, when I had enthusiasm for spring,

I bought plants with my granddaughter.

On a sunny day in March

She picked out the prettiest ones 

not suited

For my sandy soiled landscape of no sun.

But we bought them,

Brought them home

Placing them near a bright window 

Per the gardener’s instruction,

Waiting for the warmth, but.

Then it got cold

then I went on a cruise

then I said hell they will die anyway

then they didn’t

so I’m planting them,

Bless their little green hearts,

well into Spring, nearly summer,

In my sunless, sandy patio garden.


There is a bird’s nest in one of my pots.

Spring came regardless. 

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©4 June 2022 - 4:01am — djtj
4 June 2022 - 8:29am — allets
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Awwwwwww

You took me through a biographical voyage of a delayed spring. Let us know when (if) they bloom bigger. "then they didn't" made spring a thing for me!

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I miss flower gardening.

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~A~
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4 June 2022 - 11:44am — djtj
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Thanks

Thanks for the visit. The summer bulbs actually sprouted but no flowers yet. And the flowering ones she picked seem to be doing okay in their pots. My boyfrinend watched the flat of flowers when i went on vacation so maybe his green thumb saved them.lol.

4 June 2022 - 5:02am — patriciajj
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A charming and inspiring

A charming and inspiring Spring journey that can also be a commentary on hope. Scribed with spare and inviting eloquence, this left me feeling a much lighter and a little less cynical. A much-needed dose of happiness. 

4 June 2022 - 11:46am — djtj
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Happy

Happy it was a happy poem and not the lament of my procastionation I thought it started out as. I surprise myself in my writing where they end up.