Spring Has Sprung

The monsoons are finally abating...the skies are clearing...the temperature rising! I do believe Spring is finally arriving in dear old San Francisco...and not a moment too soon.  On Thursday, Tessa and I ventured out to the Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park to check on the magnolia trees and see if they were in bloom.  What beauty and wonder awaited!  

Not only were the magnolias blossoming in full force but so were the daffodils, wild tulips, hyacinth, vinca, camellias and calla lilies.  The sky was bright blue, the air perfumed and the hills and gardens a riot of color.  What a treat!  It all brought to mind the last line of "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" one of my most favorite poems by the brilliant William Wordsworth:

"...and then my heart with pleasure fills and dances with the daffodils."