<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/bloomin-lovely-2/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p><span style="color:#339966;"><em>‘If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom’</em><br /> <span style="color:#339966;"> – Terri Guillemets</span><br /> </span><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/8-2-11-first-flowers_blue-iris-4b-close-up.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4880" title="8-2-11 - first flowers_blue iris 4B close up" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/8-2-11-first-flowers_blue-iris-4b-close-up.jpg?w=455&h=540" alt="" width="455" height="540" /></a><em><br /> <a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/8-2-11-first-flowers_blue-iris-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4881" title="8-2-11 - first flowers_blue iris 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/8-2-11-first-flowers_blue-iris-4b.jpg?w=455&h=520" alt="" width="455" height="520" /></a></em>Irises in bloom; a fleeting pleasure discovered on <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/some-people/">our first visit to the allotment this year</a>. They fade away so quickly outside but for the precious moments they stretch and uncurl my soul blooms to see them.<a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/8-2-11-first-flowers_purple-iris-4b.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4887" title="8-2-11 - first flowers_purple iris 4B" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/8-2-11-first-flowers_purple-iris-4b.jpg?w=455&h=434" alt="" width="455" height="434" /><br /> </a>Just two perfect blooms that survived the harshest winter in Britain for a century, in a forgotten bulb bed that became a trampled shortcut to the shed over the summer. They burst into life a month earlier than <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/march-madness/">last years irises</a>; just when our souls needed a little pick-me-up. A simple reminder that…</p> <p><em><span style="color:#339966;">To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:</span></em><br /> <em> <span style="color:#339966;"> A time to be born, and a time to die; </span></em><br /> <em><span style="color:#339966;">a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;</span></em><br /> <em> <span style="color:#339966;"> A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;</span></em><br /> <em> <span style="color:#339966;"> A time to weep, and a time to laugh;</span></em><br /> <em> <span style="color:#339966;"> a time to mourn, and a time to dance;</span></em><br /> <span style="color:#339966;">- Ecclesiastes 3</span></p> <br />Filed under: <a href='http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/category/allotment-tales/'>allotment tales</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/4879/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nipitinthebud.wordpress.com&blog=8362095&post=4879&subd=nipitinthebud&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />
