Flowers

Spring is in the air and flowers are blooming. I have been anxious to see what kinds of flowers will be blooming around my house. At my old house, I knew that there would be tulips, daffodils, hyacinth, crocus, lilacs and a few others that I can not remember the name of. From early spring until late fall, I made sure my garden was full of beautiful flowers and smells. At this new house, I have a much larger canvas to work with. In the city, I had a very small garden in the back of the house and a ten by ten flower bed in the front. At this new house, my front yard is twice the size of both the back and front yards of my city home; I will not get into how big the back yard is. So you can imagine my excitement over mapping out what flowers I could expect to see. I expecially like the view from my kitchen window. I can look out that window and see nothing.

Well, not exactly nothing. I can see what used to be flowers. I recognize the stems and leaves of crocus, daffodils and tulips. If I close my eyes, I can remember their colors before they were decapitated.

My husband has been in the backyard removing a tree and the piles of junk left hidden underneath that tree. Once the tree was down, MM was in the yard "helping" him. What that really means is that she was popping the flowering heads off. I have a lovely bowl of floating heads: daffodils, tulips, crocus, and a few azaleas. She has successfully removed every flower out of the front and back yards. If I had not been careful, when we went for a walk in our development, the neighbors' would have lost their flowers too. Lucky for me, she also likes to pick dandelions so neighbors should be okay with her picking those flowers as long as I keep her away from the others!

The hand continues to heal, but typing still hurts!