Simple Pleasures

Flowers are one of those very simple pleasures in life. This beautiful single rose was retrieved from the ugliest, scrappiest looking rose bush on our property. Every year it yields only 2 to 3 gorgeous blooms. It is such a simple thing that makes me smile just walking by. It reminds me of my Dad and how he used to randomly bring my Mom fresh flowers handpicked by him. It reminds me of how he also handpicked me a beautiful bouquet of lavender roses and brought them to me at the hospital when I had my first baby. So much cooler than the ones you'd buy from a florist. It also makes me giggle because one year he picked the very first bloom from a plant in my current yard and took it to my Mom, thinking that no one would notice. Unbeknownst to him, I had noticed that morning and taken a picture of it. When I came home from work that day, it was gone. Knowing my family, I figured it could have only been one man's handiwork. After calling Mom, my suspicions were confirmed.

Just this afternoon my family spent a little time planting all kinds of flower seeds on our back patio. I can hardly wait to see the flurry of color and blooms. I can hardly wait to hear my youngest beg to start picking the blooms. It will brighten our days and create memories. All from a simple packet of seeds. No doubt about it they will brighten your life up, make you smile or at the very least perfume a room.