In The Sparrows Nest » Flowers http://inthesparrowsnest.com Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:01:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Captivating Crocus http://inthesparrowsnest.com/2009/03/captivating-crocus/ http://inthesparrowsnest.com/2009/03/captivating-crocus/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:45:58 +0000 Melissa http://inthesparrowsnest.com/?p=179 One by one the signs of spring are emerging. Yes, I think I’d like to officially call this an early spring. I’m for sure it didn’t warm up quite this quickly last year.  This past week it fell down below freezing a couple of nights, but the quickly warming up temperatures during the day surely speak of spring. I paid a visit to my parents this last week, and their crocuses are in bloom already. I grabbed my camera to capture a shot of these early spring beauties. 

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 WAIT!!! Hold the press…I just went for a nature walk a few minutes ago, and look what I found in our landscaping. He’s a wee little one, but a beautiful one none-the-less, such a crisp delicate spring white! We just planted these in the fall, and I’ve heard that sometimes they will not bloom the first year, so I’m quite pleased to see this Heavenly bloom! 

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 “In the spring nature work, train the child to recognize the evidences of law, order, and sequence while studying the life story of a plant from seed to seed. Cultivate in him an abiding friendship for the flowers, the trees, the birds – for all living things. Nature loved in youth will prove a blessing and an inspiration in mature life.” 

- from Type Lessons for Primary Teachers by Anna E. McGovern 

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