“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to.
It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.” – Marianne Williamson.


A few short miles from our home the spring trees are in bloom. Our trees are behind. Maybe it is the cool wind coming up off the lake, or the slight of rise in elevation, where are home sits. But I know from past springs, that she will arrive. Until then there is Trader Joes, where I stop each week to buy a bouquet for the table. A simple pleasure that I have taken up lately, just because.

These were taken with my Velvet 85 Lensbaby lens. A beautiful lens to use on flowers.