Mary, Mary quite contrary

Flowers from my yard!  I love Springtime!  It is a time of new beginnings.  Aren't they breathtaking?  I especially admire the two with orange and yellow incorporated into stripes and designs.
I purchased the home I am living in from an elderly couple who now find themselves in an assisted living home.  Her name is Shirlea and she has a wonderful passion for flowers!  I am anxious to see what is going to make an appearance next!

I do hope I can keep up with everything a resplendent yard such as this demands.

This lovely bouquet adorns my kitchen counter.  The pulchritudinous flowers left on my doorstep (a few posts previous) have fulfilled their purpose and gone the way of all cut flowers.  I am however, recycling the greenery which has a tendency to outlast the more frail flowers.  It makes for a perfect background for the tulips; don't you think?

This single...or rather double...tulip is one of my favorites.  It almost puts a rose to shame!  I love how it has taken what it has and made the most of its exceptional beauty.  I think people are much the same; they can take what they do have and make something extremely lovely!  I appreciate the lovely people in my life.