10 BEAUTIFUL IMAGES & IDEAS ABOUT SPRING

“Spring is nature's way of saying, Let's party!”

-- Robin Williams

 

“Dead my old fine hopes

And dry my dreaming but still...

Iris, blue each spring.”  

-- Bashō Matsuo, Japanese Haiku

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.

-- Pablo Neruda

"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love."

-- Sitting Bull

"The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also."

-- Harriet Ann Jacobs

“What a strange thing!

to be alive

beneath cherry blossoms.”  

-- Kobayashi Issa, “Poems.”

“April's air stirs in

Willow-leaves...a butterfly

Floats and balances.”  

-- Bashō Matsuo

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems."

-- Rainer Maria Rilke

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.

-- Pablo Neruda

"With the coming of spring, I am calm again."

-- Gustav Mahler

Read more about Beautiful Spring all this week on BeautifulNow.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by hehaden. “European eagle owl.”
2. Image: by garden beth. “Mystery.”
3. Image: by Neil Fantom. “Cherry Blossom.”
4. Image: by Herry Lawford. “Battersea Park.”
5. Image: by David McSpadden. “Reading in the Garden.”
6. Image: by Lauren. “Cherry Trees on Mars.”
7. Image: by Royce Bair. “Giant Wood Nymph Butterfly.”
8. Image: by Tim Pokorny. “Spring Lamb.”
9. Image: by JT Lindroos. “Birthday Bunny.”
10. Image: by Bernard Spragg. NZ. “Duckling.”
11. Image: by Tim Boyer. “Magnificent Hummingbird.” Courtesy of Mick Thompson.
12. Image: by David DeHetre. “Daffs Evergreen.”
13. Image: by BN App - Download now!
14. Image: by Glen Bowman. “Magnificent crocus lawn - Wallington House and Gardens, Northumberland.”