Springtime sun shiny weather finally came
to brighten my days and waking up early is no longer a chore, rather I find
myself running out the door each morning to embrace the sunshine.
This year I spent my Floriade visit with my
mother chatting about this and that, stopping by flowerbeds to take photos and
having coffee at a café overlooking the flowers. It was the perfect location to sit, relax and
take in all the colour, shapes and textures of the flowers. There is something about flowers that makes
me grin far more than a bowl of ice cream with sprinkles on top. The colours
are stunning then paired with glorious sun shining rays and all the dull grey
days of gloomy winter are gone.
DK does not enjoy Floriade- which I guess
is helping me to learn just how different men and women are. For the first years we were together I
dragged him to Floriade showering him with gifts of choc mint and caramel fudge
or hot sugared almonds as a reward for holding my hand and taking a romantic
stroll though the flowers (of course with no complaints from him). Didn’t last
long… Guys just aren’t into flowers let alone one massive almost village sized
plantation of tulips, poppies and daisies and not to mention a lot of hay fever
inducing pollens. So I leave him at home
now and joyfully frolic in the sun amid the flowers with either my mum or my
girlfriends.
The Floriade theme this year is ‘Be spring
inspired’ and to me Floriade marks the start of the refreshing. A time of newfound energy, an awakened desire
to get out and do more, catch up with friends and start new projects. So this spring I look forward to lovely
afternoon teas and picnics in the parks, learning how to make fruit chillers
with sprigs of delicious fresh mint and tinkering ice cubes in glasses whilst
giggling with my precious friends. I
look forward to sitting in my own garden with a cup of tea and smelling natures
candy like flower scents while drinking some tea and maybe immersing myself in a
new craft project.
Whatever my spring days may hold, I know
they will be full of excitement, discoveries and delight.
I feel spring inspired and alive.
