We’ve been experiencing a cool, windy and wet spring here in the Boston area.

Today, for example, we are forecast to have 24 hours of rain plus possible gale force winds along the shore.

Yikes!

This hasn’t been very pleasant for those of us who ride our bikes from point A to point B on a regular basis.

But I think the plant world has been enjoying it — and flowers appear to be blooming over a longer period of days and weeks.

I have been very grateful for that!

Deep breath in.

Deep breath out.

This week the allium bulbs I planted a few years ago next to our driveway have started to bloom.

Hurrah!

They are the one type of bulb I’ve planted (other than some crocus) which have managed to blossom robustly each spring.

They always remind me of something Dr. Seuss would have drawn.

I especially like the purple ones.

Today’s Throwback Thursday takes me back to a short blog post about creativity from October 25, 2013.

It’s very sweet until the end, when I realized that the open mic I mention no longer exists.

And the restaurant which hosted it has closed.

And the lovely woman who ran it recently died.

Another deep breath in.

And deep breath out.

Ahh, change…

If I needed any more reminders to “carpe diem” and seize the day, there they are!

I just learned from Wikipedia (after I went to Google and checked the correct spelling of this Latin phrase) that “carpe diem” is more accurately translated as “enjoy the day” or “pluck/harvest the day.”

Ahhhhh…

I like these more accurate translations MUCH better than the traditional one.

I associate the verb “seize” with military campaigns, kidnappings and my European ancestors confiscating almost all of what is now South, Central and North America from the folks who were once living here.

“Enjoy,” “pluck,” and “harvest,” however, all feel less violent and more sustainable to me than “seize.”

And I did, in fact, pluck two allium flowers from next to our driveway — which were part of double stems from two different bulbs — to enjoy inside.

I think allium are part of the garlic/onion/leek family — so I suppose I might even be able to dig up and eat some of the bulbs if things get dire in the future…

But for now I will remain very grateful that no animals (rabbits, squirrels, rats, skunks, etc.) have dug them up for food so that I can enjoy their springtime extravagance.

Thank you to the talented and generous photographers at Pixabay

Thank you to the earth and to bulbs and to rain and to the sun.

And thank YOU for reading another one of my blog posts — and maybe two of them if you click the link many paragraphs above, too!

I realized recently that I rarely include a link to my official website in my blog posts.

If you are curious, you can click here to visit willsings.com.

Happy spring — at least to those readers who live in the northern hemisphere!