Spring balls

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Mimosa vibrates

With colour, to lift the gloom.

Small beacons of bright.

For years I’ve admired these small balls of Spring fuzz in the Algarve, not knowing what they were.  I guess the knowledge is worth a celebratory haiku.  Gilly is feeling rather sad this week, so I hope this might cheer her up.

I don’t know how much laptop time I’ll have this weekend, as I’m eagerly anticipating the arrival of my daughter.  I’ll be around if I can, but in case I miss you, I wish you all a peaceful and happy Easter.

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  1. Gorgeous Spring balls and I love the haiku, Jo. Have fun with your daughter and a very happy Easter to you all. I remember a wonderful Spring Ball at Birmingham University not long after hubby and I met. What a night we all had, and I didn’t get back to my res. until well after daybreak. Those were the days. 🙂

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    1. Well, I have a lovely Spring morning awakening behind me, Ad. 🙂 You’ve still got the memories, and a lovely husband to boot! (unfortunate choice of words- maybe better not to 🙂 ) Happy Easter to you both!

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  2. Happy Easter to you Jo and have a fabulous time with your daughter! I LOVE the little spring balls and have never seen anything like them. Let me guess they love warm weather. Go figure. 🙂

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    1. Sssh, Sue! I’ve got the sunshine peeking over my shoulder as I wait for everybody to get up this morning. Hoping for a Good Friday! 🙂 🙂
      Happy Easter to you and Dave! Bet you’ve got a plan?

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  9. It looks like golden wattle, our national floral emblem. In the words of the immortal Monty Python:

    This here’s the wattle,
    the emblem of our land.
    You can stick it in a bottle,
    you can hold it in your hand.

    Have a lovely Easter, Jo. 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much for enlightening me, Carol! A lightbulb exploded in my head when I read this, because I’ve seen it on Meg’s posts many a time and not made the connection. Our world just got smaller again. 🙂 Happy Easter!

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  13. Do you like the smell of mimosa? Of course you do. So do I 🙂 Where I grew up they would show up as early as February, and sometimes even in January for my birthday. I love them. This is an impressive capture of them.

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  16. Lovely – definitely happiness bringers!
    Have a great weekend, Jo. My daughter arrives later today – but she’ll be revising all weekend. But I really should do some spring cleaning. We’ll see!

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      1. I did that in a rush as I went out the door this morning. Now I’m back to say Happy Easter, have a lovely time with Lisa and thanks for linking to me. Is Lisa visiting you in the warm or are you at home? The mimosa is confusing me (-:

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