Fleeting Flowers

Words & Photography
by Lean Timms



Currently our garden is gracing lilacs out in numbers, bluebells lining the paths and just yesterday our first David Austin of the season bloomed. We are all a bit excited about it - a hot discussion at the dinner table last night. For me, I love the thought that once a year these perennial, seasonal flowers have their fleeting moment, and for all the moments in between, we wait. A reminder that nature is a veracious teacher of patience and appreciation.

...once a year these perennial, seasonal flowers have their fleeting moment, and for all the moments in between, we wait. A reminder that nature is a veracious teacher of patience and appreciation.

This photo was from a moment this past July where I found myself surrounded by Danish peonies in Copenhagen. Peonies definitely test patience - a fleeting flower if ever there was one. Not long until peonies have their spring moment here in Canberra. Just around the corner...