Good Advice

What, no flowers? 
You got that right. 
Remember to sip a little wine and smell the roses.

Rescue Flowers

Well, there are rescue dogs and rescue cats, so why not rescue flowers?  Turning into my driveway yesterday noticed three little clusters of grape hyacynths blooming in the grass strip between the road and the sidewalk.  They were technically on neighbor Jane's property but I know she wouldn't have minded if I lifted them.  In a couple of days the mow-and-blow guys will start their inexorable tour of death and would have decapitated these sweet little things.  So here they are, alive and blooming in a Japanese bonsai tray and will be carefully transplanted to a suitable spot where they will grow and thrive and show their lovely blue hues for springs to come.  A good deed always leaves a great feeling in you heart.  Doesn't it?

SOLITUDE

After a week's relentless bombarment of Hawaiian colors and sounds at the Philadelphia Flower Show, it's been soothing to re-enter the grissaille world of late winter.  Point-and-shoot in hand, I've tried to capture the essence of these fleeting days before the busyness of Spring.  Who'd have thought that this tropical flower would be pining for subdued skies and denunded branches?

SNOWDROP

                                          Hello, Spring!