Today it is the stillest, sunniest spring morning.
To the east the hill of gorse is in full flower and the exotic aroma of sweet coconut brushes against my jacket. Birdsong fills the fields as nest making and nest guarding goes on. In the distant sky the Coastguard helicopter is rumbling it’s way out over the Copper Coast.
The golden light smothers everything in streams. Later the wind will probably pick up from the southern Atlantic, a front might approach from the Comeragh Mountains to the west or from the plains to the north.
For now Waterford on a still spring day, in the golden light of this spring flowering, is something precious to belong to.And it’s home.
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So precious and so beautiful!
Thank you dear Robin:~)
Catherine, you are home! Do you know I spent twenty minutes on your site this morning, looking over all the pages. You live in a fairie land, with webs for the hummingbirds to bind their nests, the soft bounce of the moss on the feet of the baby critters, the flowers! My gosh, the flowers. It's clear the streams of light have come home to Ireland in the spring. The Robin's blue eggs were my favorite–with the tiny drop of rain balancing on the egg. I so love your site. And your photos are appearing on mine if you haven't checked recently! You might like to see the "elder" who inspired the piece I'm writing that needed your Rome shots. Love, S.
Loved your elder. Let's be as full of attitude as Lea when we get there Susie:~))
P.S. Is that a variety of Goldfinch you have there in your neck of the woods?
That little guy is a Blue Tit and they are very small and vibrant. We have a lot of them around here and right now a pair have taken up residence on the side of our house!!
Your Spring looks just right … happy days, dear heart.
It's been the most amazing few days for Easter…..just lucky!!
So glad you have enjoyed a perfect Spring Easter at home Catherine. Your gorse photo is so sunny and of course the Blue Tit, what a darling thing! Here we are lighting fires in the evening though the days are still warm, especially on the coast.
HI Jane! I love to think of you lighting fires in the evening…..not something I associate with down under…..but yes we are breathing a sigh of relief to have our bright evenings again. Lovely to hear from you today x
Oh home…it is a paradise both yours and mine if we can dry out…lots of rain on the melted snow puddles.
Donna I hope you are loving the return of the light as much as I am! In Ireland we got a lucky break and had the perfect Easter weather for the garden!
Ah I have been feeling like that about my patch of Welsh hillside. When the sun shines and the spring returns it is hard to imagine anywhere I would rather be.
Elizabeth I hope you've been having that gorgeous weather too! Big wave across the sea :~)
I have fallen in love with the color yellow in recent years. Being sad or upset is just so hard when looking at something yellow!
Your new gallery is GOR-GEOUS!! It made me pause and hold my breath at the wonders you captured. Very well done!
Thank you SO much! I agree about yellow. It's not a colour I am usually drawn to but after winter the flowering gorse is the perfect antidote.
A wonderful spring day. What a light ! I love these yellow and blue.