兩三個星期前還下著雪，這陣子天氣一下子轉暖，以為夏天直逼而來，硬要跳過春天。
對面鄰居家的黃色水仙開了，我的一顆心上上下下，老是從窗外瞄他們家的花兒。接著注意到好多戶人家的院子、路旁、山坡上的水仙也綻放了，今年的春天水仙花帶頭，從黃色緩緩暈染開來，整顆心也快要飛了起來。
上星期二帶阿布去上小提琴課，發現老師家的水仙也開了。我跟老師說你家的水仙開得好美，她老人家難掩興奮地告訴我他們家水仙花的故事：
老師的女兒Lynn十七歲要離開家到外州唸大學時，偷偷地在院子裡埋了球苞，隔年春天花兒就綻放了，給了思念女兒的媽媽一個驚喜。每年水仙都在這個時節來報到，年復一年，黃色水仙就這樣在他們家院子裡開了三十個年頭。每年水仙開花時，媽媽就想到窩心的女兒。
看著老人家沉浸在那份喜悅裏，知道這個春天會好暖好暖。
攝於Kingwood Center Gardens
今天一家人到Kingwood Center 走走，果然花色正繽紛。
I wandered lonely as a cloud 還有 光哥介紹The Brothers Four的 Seven Daffodils I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
William Wordsworth
I may not have mansion, I haven't any land
Not even a paper dollar to crinkle in my hands
But I can show you morning on a thousand hills
And kiss you and give you seven daffodils.
I do not have a fortune to buy you pretty things
But I can weave you moonbeams for necklaces and rings
And I can show you morning on a thousand hills
And kiss you and give you seven daffodils.
Oh, seven golden daffodils all shining in the sun
To light our way to evening when our day is done
And I will give music and a crust of bread
And a pillow of piny boughs to rest your head.
A pillow of piny boughs to rest your head...
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