New Bloom

With the birth of our son, our first child and most likely the only, as this was a miracle for us... my garden went along the wayside.  The last month of pregnancy, I was on strict bed rest.  Then the recovery of the c-section (due to pre-ecclampsia) took a while.  We hired someone to weed the garden, because it was breaking my heart to see the garden suffocating in weeds.

I haven't been inspired to spend any time in the garden until this unexpected bloom.

This is a lilly my friend Kim gave to me from her father-in-law's garden.  We planted it last spring but it didn't bloom.  I didn't know what color it would be or even if it would survive the winter.  Imagine my surprise when I saw this beautiful red bloom!  It feels like a message from God, "It's time."