Childhood Flowers

April 12, 2012  •  Leave a Comment

Day 103

I love it when the tulips come up, they are so cheery, all the colors, red, yellow, orange, purple even white, the funny thing about tulips, at least for me, is that when I see tulips I'm brought right back to when I was a kid. We didn't have tulips at my house but my grandmother did, I think she had a zillion, they were all around her house, they seemed like they were everywhere. Who else remembers being sent to school with a few tulips, stems wrapped in a wet paper towel and then wrapped in tinfoil? I know all of us at good old St. Stephen's remember! How about everyone bringing in flowers for the May Day celebration, I don't seem to remember much from grade school, after all it was about 100 years ago, but I do remember that, I think it's because of all the flowers, and I remember it always being sunny on that day, it probably wasn't but for some reason I remember it as sunny. 

I wish I had more of a green thumb, but I don't so I will have to enjoy everyone else's, so I'll say thank you to everyone who plants flowers for me to enjoy!

 

"When you stop and smell the flowers life is sweet. Witness the beauty in all that you meet." -Author Unknown


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