What Nature Does Not Provide

I look forward to a time when I can look back at this time and be amazed at how much things have calmed down. I know it will happen, but it feels far away.

And the weather doesn't help my mood, as we're watching the track of a storm coming in early next week, which may dump another foot of snow on us.

And I'm supposed to go into the city on Wednesday.

But! In this life, there are still flowers. Specifically, a hyacinth, which I bought last week. And it bloomed, and grew, and smelled marvelous for days.

And the flower even wrapped around its support chopstick, which for some reason I found adorable.

The way this winter is going, I will be buying more bulbs, and more, and more. Color! Life!