Carrie’s Painting of the Week, 5/5/10
April Afternoon
By Carrie Jacobson
I love spring. I love the greening of the grass, the lengthening of the days. I love the crocuses and the birdsong and the sweet smells of hawthorne and honeysuckle. I love the way forsythias seem to trace bright yellow explosions, and the way lilacs drench the air with scent. Most of all, I think, I love azaleas.
They’re only beautiful for a week or two, I know – but for that week or two, there’s nothing better. I drive around a curve and suddenly, the world is pink, even scarlet, and that horizontal splash of color and light takes my breath away.
I’m not a real golf nut, though I do admit to enjoying watching the slow progress of that quiet game spill itself over huge stretches of green – but I love the Masters, because of the azaleas.
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