As I was walking home tonight from the swimming hall, I suddenly became aware of the pale green sweetness of spring in the trees around me, and the blackbird sitting on a bough above me, singing its heart out (like in that story of Oscar Wilde's), and it made me so calmly happy to be walking there and breathing in the soft air. I have been so preoccupied these past weeks, that spring has really stolen on me. So, I went and bought nine budding violets for my balcony; three yellow and three orange ones for the long wicker basket, and three plum-coloured ones for the small, round wicker basket. (Last summer I had such a lovely balcony in my home in Helsinki! It's one of the things I miss most about my former hometown.) I still need to get some ivy and some geraniums and busy lizzies (oh, I love that name!) - it will be wonderful to be able to go out to your garden and still be at home!
I wanted to show you a picture of my balcony, but the only one I had was mainly of myself having breakfast there with one red geranium. So, above there's part of my mum's garden from last summer! This picture was taken by my friend Anja.
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