Flower Shops

There’s something about gently falling snow that is so idyllic, peaceful, and quiet. Falling snow is mesmerizing and creates a cozy atmosphere while one is sitting next to a warm fire, watching it create a white blanket to cover the earth. We enjoyed a little snow a few days ago; here’s the view of our neighbor’s house from our front door.

However, after a few days of snow, I’m ready for spring flowers. No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. Hal Borland.

With spring comes flowers, and in my travels, I always stop to take photos of flower shops. Here are a few of my favorites as we (at least those of us in the northern hemisphere) look forward to spring.

I love the three below, the first is a flower shop on Île Saint-Louis in Paris taken in 2003. The second is the same shop taken twenty years later, and then theTravelsketcher’s sketch of the same shop.

I hope you enjoyed these photos and thoughts of spring as we wait for winter to thaw and the arrival of flowers.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. Pablo Neruda

Tricia