When it’s Lilac Time
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (80748)
Daytona Beach, Florida
May 1, 2024 5:05pm CST
May has arrived and soon the lilacs will be blooming all over Riga, Latvia. How I miss the lilacs in my garden every May. The photo with my poetic meme is of my lilacs. There was a big bush just outside the front door and many others throughout the garden. I had purple, pink, and white lilacs. Along with them the apple trees blossomed and the pear tree joined in. For a month it was like living in a wonderland. I kept large vases of lilacs all over the house. Then it was all over and we were left with a lush greenness and apples and pears starting to grow. I even have memories of my cat Sid at that time lying in a window on the second floor from which he could see the lilacs and the breezes sent the sweet scent to him. I am glad I have photo of those lilacs because now I cannot see lilacs anywhere all I have are palm trees.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 May
@wolfgirl569 lucky you having lilac bushes
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@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
1 May
@RasmaSandra I made jelly last week from some of the flowers.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 May
@wolfgirl569 I never tried that but I do remember writing an article about lilacs and that you could make jelly and I believe also honey,
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@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
3 May
@RasmaSandra - Two of my neighbors have palm trees in their garden, those trees are boring!
No flowers in spring, no tender green leaves that turn yellow and red in autumn, not my favorite trees for sure.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@LadyDuck that is the problem through all the year palm trees I look out and yep, still there
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@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
2 May
@RasmaSandra Aww, maybe you could plant some where you are.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@snowy22315 I miss seeing them a lot
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@snowy22315 not even worth it just a dirt yard with hardly any grass and surrounded by palms
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@Juliaacv (51588)
• Canada
1 May
We had several large lilac bushes on the home place when I was growing up.
I loved it because the warm weather brought the lovely scented blooms out and my mother would open the little sliders in the bottom of the picture window in our family room, which was right above a couple of lilac shrubs and the scent would fill the house.
May is the month of Mary the Mother of Jesus, and we always put up a little shrine in our home. I loved it when there were fresh lilacs to put in vases on the shrine.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 May
@Juliaacv I can imagine how wonderful the lilacs looked on the shrine.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50528)
• United States
2 May
@RasmaSandra You were blessed to have such loveliness around you.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 May
@Tampa_girl7 we had so many in front of the house, along the side in front, and some in the back garden,
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@grenery8 it was always beautiful and the garden was full of scent
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@grenery8 (11194)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 May
@RasmaSandra i remember that scent in my grandma's garden, i loved it
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
2 May
Oh Sandra, you have the most beautiful thoughts.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@RebeccasFarm thank you good to have the memories
@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@sallypup you know i have no idea I have not been out in a long time and when I do got out I don't venture too far, Perhaps now with the good weather in May I might take some walks,
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@sallypup (61633)
• Centralia, Washington
2 May
@RasmaSandra A walk is a good idea.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@just4him thank you, During May Riga is full of blooming lilacs even the city and parks
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@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 May
@RasmaSandra It must be beautiful.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
2 May
What a lovely meme. You have such wonderful memories.. Have a good day.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 May
@LindaOHio thank you and it is my memories that keep me going, You too have a good day,
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
2 May
@RasmaSandra You're welcome.
Thank you very much.
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@dgobucks226 (35733)
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9 May
With such a short blooming period Lilacs color and scent are a true spring pleasure.
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
2 May
Lilacs do smell beautiful. Our neighbor had a purple lilac bush on one side of his wall and it branched off over the wall and part of it hung in it yard. It was beautiful and smelled wonderful. I am sorry you don't have any lilacs now.
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@Marilynda1225 (83118)
• United States
3 May
Lilacs really are pretty and smell so nice. I'm glad you have that photo to bring back some good memories of Riga in May
