{"id":2625,"date":"2013-04-30T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:24:54","slug":"gather-ye-rosebuds-while-ye-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2625","title":{"rendered":"Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May…."},"content":{"rendered":"

I obviously woke up “brain dead” this morning because I didn’t have an idea for a post. So I went back to my “word of the day” site to try and trigger a synapse or two in that lobe of the brain assigned to writing and other verbal creativity. The word for April 28 on Word of the Day<\/a> was “temporal.” Today’s was “nebulous.” I decided not to use the latter because I was already in a bit of a fog and I thought that I might get foggier writing about it. I know I would be writing from experience, but who wants to wade through three or four sludgy paragraphs? Yesterday’s word was “exacerbate” and although I was in a bit of a fog, it was a kindly one and I wasn’t going to get all riled up about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Dwarf Red Tulips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nNo, I decided to choose “temporal” partly because I hoped that this vagueness would pass quickly, but also because it reminded me of another favourite word “ephemeral” – lasting only a day. It’s finally Spring up here in the north, which means that the flowers come out quickly and fade just as quickly. It is often said that Canada has two seasons – Winter and Summer. Spring is just a fleeting fantasy. When the temperature can go from 0C to 24C in 24 hours, those precious first flowers, that need cooler days, shrivel in the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Chinoxia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nI know this and so I was out in my garden on the weekend trying to capture those fleeting moments on camera, to hold them just a little longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Forsythia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nThe title? It’s from a poem by Robert Herrick – 1591-1674 entitled “To The Virgins To Make The Most Of Time”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  Old Time is still a-flying:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
And this same flower that smiles to-day<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  To-morrow will be dying.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nJust as an aside, back then Herrick would have been an old man at 83, maybe a wise old man, however, I think that he should have chosen a better title for the poem \ud83d\ude42 All thoughts welcome!<\/p>\n

Enjoy the day – tempus fugit – time flies!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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