Monday, May 3, 2010

May lilacs


18 comments:

Cheryl said...

Love how they look but they make me sneeze. This distance is just right for me to be able to say oooh ahhhh!

I've got a little something-something over at my place for you.

There was a little girl who had a little curl...

The Good Cook said...

So beautiful! I have a funny story about lilacs. I love them and always wanted a lilac bush. A few years ago I bought a "lilac" bush at the nursery and planted it by my potting shed. Perfect right? Well, I know it takes a few years to get blooms so about 3 years after I initially planted it, it finally bloomed. Only it was labeled wrong at the nursery - it is NOT a lilac bush. It gets beautiful big white flowers, but they are definitely NOT lilacs. I never did find out what that bush is, but it's still there, blooming every spring!

DJan said...

"When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed" (poem by, I think, Whitman) always makes me think of spring, as does this wonderful capture. They don't last long. I was out taking pictures of them Saturday, too.

Emma said...

Lilacs take me right back to my swingset at the farmhouse where I grew up. Love them.

Leave a Legacy said...

This is a beautiful picture of lilacs. Love all your flower pictures. Our neighbor has a lilac tree that just bloomed and it smells so good when I walk into the back yard.

Anonymous said...

I grew up in Pennsylvania. The winters got cold enough for Lilacs to flower in the spring. And I would look forward to their wonderful perfume. But I've lived in the deep south for over 30 years and lilacs don't flower here because it doesn't get cold enough to produce the spring blooms.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

I can almost smell them! And no lilacs here in SW FL, so thanks for the old memories!

Ms Sparrow said...

What a beautiful picture of your lilacs! They are gorgeous, but I can't stand the smell of them.

grammy said...

Your flowers are so pretty.
I like Augies thinking
At first I thought maybe you were refering to pausing the picture (me thinking it could be a video)...yes I was ready to pause it lol

Jeanie said...

Beautiful! We have a big Lilac bush just getting ready to bloom.

Anonymous said...

Oh, so lovely. I can almost smell them.

Writing Without Periods! said...

What beautiful flowers. Thanks...I needed something light and beautiful right now.
Mary

Kathy said...

Love lilacs!

Tracie said...

Those are beautiful! I just love them.

Kitty Moore said...

Beautiful and purple is my favourite colour!

Far Side of Fifty said...

The Lilacs are beautiful..one of my favorites! The ones up here are not blooming yet:)

injaynesworld said...

Their scent is intoxicating. So beautiful!

grammy said...

they are so beautiful
I can almost smell them
the trees have budded out in the neighborhood...
but for some reason have not seen lilacs (o:
growing up it was always a great thing to give my Mom
because the neighbors let us pick them (o:

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