I flew amidst the bumpiness of air currents Not knowing that between land and cloud It wasn’t wind, but Death blowing in, come to snatch The final breath Of one who would never reach His 2nd birthday.
Archive for the ‘Tulips’ Category
While her baby was dying
Posted in Babies, Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Natural World, Sons, Tulips on April 8, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
The Reluctant Gardener
Posted in Family, Reminiscences, Seasons, Tulips on March 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
My tulips are about to bloom again. This will be their third year. I have spent much of the fall and winter wondering, again, if anything is happening to the dormant bulbs. Did I cut the flowers down correctly? Will any come back? Am I supposed to do something with them? I’ve simply left them […]
Our First Tulip Has Died
Posted in Family, Parenting, Tulips, Writing on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Right on schedule, April came to a close and our first tulip has died.
Tulip Buds: 23 and Counting
Posted in Family, Idiosyncracies, Tulips on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As of today, there are 23 tulip buds poking their way up through the dirt under my three front windows. I have been counting daily.
Wintry Thoughts of . . . Tulips
Posted in Family, Flowers, Legacies, Natural World, Seasons, Tulips on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Although it’s January, and should be too early for thoughts to turn to spring, my eyes caught sight of a planter, rather desolate in location (back stairs to an office building, concrete steps, leading out to a grocery-store/Starbucks style alleyway), with a nondescript tree, and, at its base, small green shoots poking out of the […]