If you’ve seen my back yard in the last 2-3 years you’d be surprised that anything is even alive back there. And yet I find these blossoms randoming dispersed in various corners of my parched yard.

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And the calla lily that I tended to week after week, and hasn’t blossomed in nearly years?! Look at it now… all it needed was a few years of neglect (oh yeah, and the wettest winter we’ve had in years!)… 😉

This plant started as a bulb from my Grandparents’ yard. They moved out of the area in 2003 and left me with a few bulbs. Gramma will be happy to hear and see that there is finally a blossom on her plant (no thanks to my efforts)!!!

What does the rest of the yard look like?! Glad you asked… ok, maybe not so glad…

(Ahem) This is the yard shortly after we had the 3-4 foot high weeds cleared out. Yes, we neglect our yard. Shame on us… but starting on Sunday we have a “gardener”!!!

Woo hoo! My prayers have been answered! More pictures to come soon… which will include sod, flowers, plants and working sprinklers!

On Thursday I hit up Trader Joe’s for some food goods… and couldn’t resist buying myself a hyacinth. When I brought it home it was only a tight cluster of green knobs sitting atop a stem.

By Friday morning around 10:15 am this is what it looked like! I count about 9 open blossoms. It was rapidly coming to life… but there wasn’t much of a scent yet…

Later on Friday afternoon (around 3 pm) I noticed there were even more blossoms… and it was starting to smell like hyacinth in my kitchen! See?! Now I count about 13 open blossoms.

And today?! Look at what I woke up to!!! And on the first day of Spring…

Isn’t she beautiful?!

I’ve moved her from the kitchen window sill to my Grandma’s old table next to the couch… where I currently sit and enjoy my Saturday morning. The birds are chirping outside, rays of sunlight are streaming through the windows and Southern California is waking up to a beautiful first day of Spring.

And me? I’m the most blessed girl on the face of the planet. I’m in love with life…