By Maryanna Gabriel
“Let us love winter for it is the spring of genius.” Pietro
Aretino
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| Spring Of Genius |
The days are definitely getting longer. This is very good. One ponders such deeply disturbing questions as - is there a vortex in the closet that is eating the missing duct tape, and will I ever use Tilex in my bathroom or should this bottle be jettisoned before it becomes an antique? Suddenly, charming dried flower arrangements from yesterdays garden glory look tawdry and certain piles are clearly intolerable. One asks oneself when exactly was the last deep clean as one stares at the darkened dusting cloth. You can see the new year puts a whole renewed perspective on the simplest of things. The arrangement of spring flowers brought to me as a gift by a friend, now growing on my dining room table, seem so hopeful and encouraging. This winter is already speeding by at an alarming rate and I am quite worried about nature’s progress in garden and forest here and my tardy address to certain key issues. I dream by my fire and remember that this time last year I was travelling down under through Tasmania and the regions of Australia that are now consumed by fires. It is a sobering thought. Change can happen so quickly and so unexpectedly.