Two Lips

We have lived in our present location for almost 15 years now.  We cleared it by hand and built our own house (okay, the construction guys did it but we contracted it out).  And we put in our own gardens, lots of them.  One thing we meant to do right from the beginning and never got around to was plant tulips in the fall.  By the time fall came around, we just weren't in the frame of mind to plant anything so it never happened - until last fall.  We almost forgot we had planted them until we saw them poking out this spring.  Now we have our first beautiful flowers and they are so unbelievably gorgeous!  I think the tulip would be my new favourite flower if it weren't so short lived!  Our first blooming flowers (no, I'm not swearing) are almost finished already and then there will be nothing but a green stalk for the rest of the summer.  But I won't complain - the beauty of these first flowers in our garden is quite breathtaking and I'm very thankful that we finally remembered to plant them last year and that we can appreciate their beauty now.  A.