Late last summer, I posted about receiving Breck's bulb catalog. (Good coupon enclosed.) I ordered a dozen flame-colored tulips. About two weeks ago, they were in full bloom. I'm posting this bouquet for Vashti, who recently underwent surgery.
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See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. Matthew 6:28b-29.
I am soooo jealous. Everything is still brown here.
ReplyDeleteThe daffodils are finishing up here on the Island and our tulips are beginning to bloom.I can see the wild lupin plants beginning to grow along the roadsides. They will be beautiful in a few weeks. Spring is such a lovely time.
ReplyDeleteRebecca,
ReplyDeleteYour time will come. I remember those long waits. Honestly, I think maybe you should save up for a trip to Florida in February.
Islandsparrow,
Your climate is behind Violet's and ahead of Rebecca's. That's interesting.
Our tulips are fading. We are now in the season of lilacs, dogwood, and creeping phlox.
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting, Charlie, Mel, and Martin. It's always amazing to me how those homely brown bulbs transform themselves into the forms and colors of tulips every spring.
ReplyDeleteVashti - what a lovely name!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is. And interesting connotations.
ReplyDeleteI did a search when I first "met" Vashti, and found there is a folk singer from the 60s or 70s with that name, in Britain, I think.