Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Vase of Flowers, 1886
Courtesy of Dover Publications.
From 120 Great Impressionist Paintings.
(I first posted this work of art in October 2012 – sometimes readers help me rediscover a post, and share again.)
country cemetery
trumpet vines
growing taller
than the gravestones
My poem was published in Time Of Singing (Summer 2012).
The Trumpet Vine photos are courtesy of wpclipart.
Ellen Grace Olinger
a long Spring
after a long Winter
more time
to look forward
and enjoy new plants
and all the flowers
Orchid & Daisy Block Print Border is courtesy of Reusable Art.
Ellen Grace Olinger
last year
I missed seeing
daffodils in the yard
they bloom for all
sheltered and strong
by the house
this year
I make a special effort
to see them again
to be sure not to miss them
tulips seem gone
perhaps can plant again
in the fall
and along the old path
primroses
Journal Poem
May 22, 2019
from my archives:
they ask to be
in this poem
daffodils
sunrise
daffodils bowed by rain
recover
Image: wpclipart
Ellen Grace Olinger
morning time
many flowers
in my WordPress
Reader
that will bloom
here too
in time
During the years I drove to Milwaukee to help with my mother’s care, I saw many flowers bloom there, and later here. The drive back and forth was interesting and beautiful.
I am grateful I can observe in so many ways . . .
and I am then more sure as I write about what I see. Nice to be able to look back at posts and remember dates, from year to year.
And here, we will see flowers in town and other nearby places, before by Lake Michigan. Spring takes time, and then stays for a time.
From May 2014:
spring in town
dandelions bloom
by the hardware store
Daane Ace Hardware Store
Oostburg, Wisconsin
Ferns – May 19, 2011
Photo by Karl
Peony – July 2, 2018
This photo of Lake Michigan is from May 12, 2016.
Flowers from a store – February 2019
Very grateful for this beauty all year!
And always the light to observe.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 