Saved

A handful of dried bulbs as a gift

Sprout long green fingers

That stretch to the light

Then stretch some more

I think I smelled their perfume

before I realized they'd blossomed

A glorious peppery scent in the room

You've heard of the knight

Riding in on his white horse

To save the princess?

It's the Paperwhites

That have come to save me

Instead

Valentine's Day

A love story can begin anywhere.

Let it begin with you.

Happy Valentine's Day

Pretty Girl

Ahhhhh,

She's so darn pretty :)

This female Cardinal has been visiting my feeders recently.

She is such a treat for the eyes.

Petal Paradise

Outside there's

white, white, white

snow

everywhere I look.

But inside my house

in the center

of a one-dollar rose

I find tropical

shades of

paradise.

Faux-Sun

Deep in the middle of a February freeze,

with temperatures averaging -15 Celsius/5 Fahrenheit

for the next two weeks,

I've decided to create some faux sunshine

of my own

to chase away the cold.

Valentine

My dashing Valentine!

He brightens up even the coldest day of the year;

dazzling me with his

apple-red plumage,

lifting my spirits

with his chirp and his charm.

Today, he returned to the feeder

with his girlfriend

and a Chickadee buddy.

...such a popular guy!