Laburnum Tree 2015

For a couple weeks every year the Laburnum tree is in all its glory

The Laburnum Fairy 

Bees! bees! come to the trees

Where the Lime has hung her treasures;

Come, come, hover and hum;

Come and enjoy your pleasures!

The feast is ready, the guests are bidden;

Under the petals the honey is hidden;

Like pearls shine the drops of sweetness there,

And the scent of the Lime-flowers fills the air.

But soon the blossoms pretty and pale

Will all be gone; and the leaf-like sail

Will bear the little round fruits away;

So bees! bees! come while you may!

Cicely Mary Baker