My kitchen window, despite its spatters of washwater, collection of oddly shaped dusty bottles, and view of the neighbour's siding, is also one of the first to give us a glimpse of spring perspectives.
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| Jasmine blossoms |
At the start of February, what looked to be spring was occurring here in Nanaimo. Then we got snow and confused the plants that were ready to bud. Eventually the snow melted, temperatures warmed up and the plants grew a bit, again ready to herald the season, only to be foiled again with more snow and then what seemed like weeks of grey soggy weather. Despite all of the spring nonsense that followed a relatively dry winter, this jasmine seems, like many of the plants in the garden who survived the crushing weight of snow that ripped down many of my shrubs and split tree trunks, ready to defy the odds and put on a spectacular spring greeting.
Like young men hovering about silver chased punch bowls and milling near the edges of dance floors hoping to catch the eye of the year's debutantes, this bumblebee flits among the spring's first jasmine blossoms. Gladly welcomed by the ladies in their ball finery, he's sure to break their hearts .. his has already been given to his queen.
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