Monday 23 March 2009

Third day of spring

Villeneuve les AvignonToday is the third day of spring, apricot and peach trees are in bloom.
Cherry, apple and pear trees are a little late. They will really only start to blossom later this week.

Aujourd'hui, troisième jour du printemps, les abricotiers et les pêchers sont en fleurs.
Les cerisiers, les pommiers et les poiriers sont au bord de l'explosion mais ne fleuriront vraiment que d'ici quelques jours.

21 comments:

Olivier said...

merci pour ces quelques secondes de bonheur pour les yeux...et merci au printemps

Linda said...

Spring is certainly bursting out all over chez vous. I can feel the warmth of the sunshine from your photo.

claude said...

Voilà, pourquoi on aime le printemps. C'rest très beau. Mon cerisier est encore à l'état de bourgeons. Je viens d'aller vérifier par la febêtre. J'aimerais bien qu'il ne fleurisse pas trop tôt, car l'année dernière une gelée tardive a fait que nous avons manger 2 cerises chacun.

Anonymous said...

Les cerisiers, les pommiers et les poiriers sont au bord de l'explosion ?
Notes florales à venir !

PeterParis said...

Oui, le troisième jour aussi à Paris, même si le ciel n'est plus aussi bleue que la semaine passée!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful. We don't have anything even close to this here where I live.

B SQUARED said...

Looks like you are having a beautiful start to Spring.

Adam said...

I'm sure the sky is bluer down there!

Not many cherry trees in Paris, but the sound of the blackbird singing is my signal that spring has begun.

Anonymous said...

Quintessential spring Nathalie - that soft blossom and cool blue sky. And always so fleeting. I had a cherry tree outside the house until a couple of years ago when it was cut down. I always feel a bit sentimental at this time of year. Can I quote Housman?

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.

Now, of my three score years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.

And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.

Anonymous said...

les fleurs sont dans tous les blogs depuis quelques jours. J'aime bien la 2ème dans son foisonnement

Thérèse said...

La légéreté, l'évasion par les yeux...

Jane Hards Photography said...

Magnificent and a sure sign of spring.

crocrodyl said...

Lovely photos! Beautiful captures!

Anonymous said...

Je fais dans la fleur aussi mardi à 14 h !

Owen said...

Fabuleuses photos ! La joie du Printemps ! J'aime aussi bcp les photos réflexions. . . super travail !

Ruth said...

I'm shivering today, Nathalie, but I feel a little warmer looking at your fruit blossoms. We are still several weeks away from such things.

So nice to have you stop by and leave your good words. Thank you.

Jilly said...

Absolutely gorgeous. I feel as if a ballerina is about to appear and do a pirouette.

Sally said...

Mmmmm...spring is on its way. I did a macro of autumnal blooms yesterday!

Dave said...

Beautiful, and thank you for your kind comment. I love viewing your photos of Avignon. Someday I would like to vist.

God loves you if ever you decide to look for Him, He will be waiting with arms open..

jordaenne said...

chère Nathalie,
magnifique photo. cela établit le printemps de mon imagination.

Les flocons de neige fleurissent ici encore mais cela m'est égal, c'est tout beau! ha ha

Joan said...

How lovely! It's hard to resist taking pretty pictures in the spring.

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