The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad,
the desert shall rejoice and blossom;
like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly,
and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.
Isaiah 35:1-2 We went for a ramble in the woods of a nearby conservation area a couple of days ago and to our delight the trilliums were opening into bloom. Spring doesn't seem to be Spring unless we have at least one walk through the blossoms of Ontario's provincial flower. Wildflowers are a special kind of delight wherever one might be.
Apparently California experienced what is described as a Super bloom this year. After years of drought there was a huge snowpack this past Winter and millions of dormant seeds have sprung to colourful life. According to Miriam Pawel in a New York Times entitled
California Is Swooning Over a Heavenly Super Bloom of Wildflowers:
this super bloom has offered a particularly welcome respite, a reminder that the increasingly extreme climate conditions can produce beauty as well as destruction, wondrous golden fields as well as mudslides and wildfires. The conditions necessary to transform millions of long-dormant seeds into an explosion of flowers generally occur about once a decade; they are drought followed by abundant rain, temperatures not too hot and not too cold, and an absence of strong wind.
California
It sounds marvelous, don't you think? I've been in Israel in April, which is the beginning of Spring. After months without rainfall the hillsides come alive with wildflowers, the visual praise of the Creator.My first trip had been in October and I was astonished by what I saw that April.
I hope you're able to get out in the woods during the next couple of weeks for the trillium feast for the eyes. And give thanks for the God who brought it all into being. Now to find some marsh marigolds...
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