The Diary
of
Anne Ku

11 April 2001 Wednesday

DAFFODILS AND TULIPS

An English friend once told me to watch out for daffodils. They are the first signs of spring. In Devon, I was once photographed in a field of bright yellow daffodils.

After daffodils come tulips. When I lived near Regents Park, I used to visit the tulip gardens, which compared with the Keukenhoff in the Netherlands, weren't too bad. I, too, had taken photographs among the tulips - during the Queen's Birthday weekend in the Netherlands so many years ago.

After tulips, come the roses. The English rose refers to a person with sensitive white skin. I knew an English rose once, who needed whale grease to protect himself under the sun.

Although I can see and touch the buds on the trees, I am still shivering under three layers of clothing. As far as I can tell, my spring hasn't arrived.

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