It's Raining Pink…..

We have a beautiful flowering-something tree in our back yard. For about a week each spring it is magnificent….and then it's not. We enjoy the beauty while we can - and if we're lucky and the weather cooperates the pink blossoms even last a few days longer.

But then again, when it rains, or gets windy……the petals fall quickly. Covering the patio, the patio furniture and our neighbor's driveway and sprinkled throughout the lawn. So quickly gone.

But as my friend from Australia commented when we were together the other day, maybe, since spring flowers all come and go so quickly that's why we appreciate them even more. The tulips, the daffodils, the magnolia trees, the spring beauty…..here and then not here. A glimpse of color after a long grey/white winter. The color that demonstrates a change in seasons once again.

It rained pink in our yard the other day - but I'm not sweeping up the residue just yet. I plan to sit outside with a book and just glance down once in awhile to enjoy the color for a few days more.