We were right across Lilacia Park in Lombard. An early morning appointment gave us time to pause. We walked across the street, up a few steps, and into the bloom. What a gift on a day of gifts awaited us. The lilacs were at long last in full dress, ready for the ball, tulips at their feet like Cinderella’s glass slippers, their essence the most intoxicating of all perfumes.
I wish I could send the beautiful fragrances across the ether to you. Someday, I’m certain, we will be able to do this. Until then, just take my word that there is no sweeter place than a crisp and sunny spring day in a cloud of lilacs.
(Please click on the pictures for better views.)
Glorious, Penny! What a riot!
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Thanks, Kate!
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The air must have been saturated with their sweetness!
Thank you for sharing this… I needed to see this beauty more than you know 🙂
Thank you.
Embrace His blessings,
Mrs. M.
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It was! I’m glad you enjoyed it, Maria. I wish I could send you the sweet smell.
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What can I say? It is too beautiful for words.
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Well said. Thank you.
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Thank you Penny for this exquisite spring garden walk. I’ve just finished Dorothy Sucher’s marvellous book, ‘The Invisible Garden’, which I feel like starting all over again because I never wanted it to end. Thank you for introducing me to this book, which the Auckland library has now bought. I’ve written about it (and your blog) on my latest post.
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I know just what you mean about “The Invisible Garden”, Juliet, and thrilled that you were able to read it and that the Auckland library has a copy for you, and others, whenever you need to return to Dorothy Sucher’s writing. It is one of my favorites.
Thank you for mentioning me in your post, and here’s hoping the book finds its way into more hearts and homes.
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I truly believe in aromatherapy after visiting Lilacia Park! It really does make you feel alive. The flowers in your pictures look so crisp.
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That’s a perfect comparison, Jennifer! Yes! I just kept closing my eyes to drink in the essence. I’m glad you and Jason got there before the wind swept the blossoms away. Thank you. It was such a breezy day, the flowers wouldn’t hold still.
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As I go down through your posts in my effort to catch up I am encountering so many of my favorite flowers! I have always loved lilacs, in fact I’ve just replaced a vase full of spent lilacs with a bunch of tulips – just like the photos in this post! At my house growing up we had a pretty big back yard and at the far right corner were 3 lilac bushes that gave us white, light purple and dark purple blooms every Spring. I think I was the only one in the house who really appreciated them for some reason because I was the only one who brought them into the house every Spring from the time I was very young until I left the house when I got married! I loved the way their fragrance would fill the house! Thank you for brightening my day with all these lovely flowers!
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There is nothing quite like the scent of lilacs filling a home, is there? There may still be some left on the bushes at Lilacia, Janet. You should run over there. I’m glad this brightened your day.
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