Blooms

This week of a seven day period has not been a good one for the news. But in light of that, there are still the tiny joys to revel in.

Today, one of our cannas bloomed.


Back in early/mid-March, our neighbor asked us if we wanted some flower bulbs. They were taking over his backyard and he was cutting back. We thought about our own yard with plenty of greenery but a lack of flowers and gratefully accepted...without quite thinking through where to plant them. On a whim, we decided to pull out the holly bushes in the front of our house that hadn't been trimmed over the years. We borrowed a farm jack from our neighbor and set to work.

While digging out these hollies, we also encountered the underground entanglement of a root system from old trees that had been chopped down which we now had to deal with since we uncovered them. It was quite a bit of work and took a few nights to complete. Let's just say Jonathan and I both proved our muscles to the other and got our strength training in for the week.

After clearing the space of the old bushes, we were able to plant these bulbs. For the last couple of months, I would water every afternoon after work with recycled water. And then the storms would come and the winds would tear the leaves up. And then we had our roof redone, and as careful as the workers were, some more leaves still got torn up.

But here we are today with our first blooms :) I love nature.