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Photo challenge day 4... 'Spring'




The thing I like about all three photos is what I'd call 'determination'...

The large hyacinth I planted several of when we first moved in, and pulled up a few years later.  Now, ten years has gone by and one lone stalk is back.  There's nothing like looking out your front window on a bright spring day and seeing color where you didn't expect it.  

The second, the daffodil, I planted dozens of 4 years ago... this is the first and only time one has ever blossomed.  Patience is a virtue (not really in my case... I just never got out in the fall to dig them all up and plant a whole new batch, LOL!). 

The third, I planted gobs and gobs of in a bed ten feet away... don't know how they made their way to where they are now... maybe a bird or a squirrel.

In any case... all three totally make me smile. 


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