Friday 3 May 2013

April advanced to May

I know we're only three days in but so far May has been glorious. The gardens are coming alive, blossom is everywhere, the skies are blue and there is sunshine. Long may it continue.

'April advanced to May - a bright serene May it was; days of blue sky, placid sunshine, and soft western or southern gales filled up its duration. And now vegetation matured with vigour; Lowood shook loose its tresses, it became all green, all flowers;its great elm, ash, and oak skeletons were restored to to majestic life; woodland plants sprang up profusely in its recesses; unnumbered varieties of moss filled its hollows, and it made a strange ground-sunshine out of the wealth of its wild primrose plants; I have seen their pale gold gleam in overshadowed spots like scatterings of the sweetest lustre. All this I enjoyed often and fully, free, unwatched, and almost alone;' Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre

May

Here's wishing you wherever you live a bright serene May

6 comments:

  1. It certainly looks like it will be - a trip into the Forest of Dean at the weekend to see if I can catch spring amongst the branches.

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    1. Tonia - Enjoying catching spring this weekend.

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  2. Charlotte and Emily Bronte wrote beautifully about natural landscapes. Thank you for posting that extract and happy May!

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    1. Nicola - I still have one more spring quote from Jane Eyre to post. Hope you have a Happy May as well.

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  3. What a great passage! I forgot how beautiful Charlotte Bronte's writing is.

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    1. Anbolyn - Glad you like the quote. Hope you have a good week.

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