Among them is Bridal Veil spirea. Doesn't last long here, but for a week or so it is spectacular. That's honey suckle on the right side of my neighbour's steps, which is also a lovely plant right now.
This fleeting progression of flowering plants is one of the joys of this climate. When things bloom, they really bloom, as if throwing their whole being into a display on which their lives depended. Of course, that's in effect what is happening, as the seeds from the flowers are what would spread the plants in the wild, at least in theory.
In this year of catastrophe, the rhythms of flowering plants is are solace. Yes, our lives have been turned upside down, but things continue. Not necessarily unfolding as they should, and definitely not for the best in this "best of all possible worlds," but continuing...
And that is the lesson for today.
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