first signs of spring

for most of us, perhaps all of us, the first signs of spring arrive in our grocery stores or corner flower shops weeks before it arrives outside our front door. my mom’s 86th birthday was last week, so i bought her a bunch of pink lilies and pink tulips. she’s been trained, always an eager learned, to save her spent flowers for STILL blog. this morning she handed me a bag full of pink petals. so, even though i woke up to fresh dusting of april snow (😑), i was able to offer up a little spring color today.

pink lily petals