Susan took me out to brunch at Boulder's Dushanbe Tea House in celebration of my birthday.
It was truly a feast fit for a Scorpio: whetted with hibiscus tea mimosas (which her inner hippie called "deep") I opened Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat Pray Love" which I found intriguingly fun and worthy to read and a box of "3 Fragrant Lilies/Dutch Bulbs -- Best of the best Mixture."
Perfect! I had just begun the process of moving from Boulder back to Washington DC after 13 years away, the book and bulbs gifted to seed my unexpected delight in old spaces, new times.
The bulbs of course would be mine to enjoy the owning, the planting-of and caring-for; equally mine to share the delight of watching them grow into their "flowering height 32-44' " of pinks and white, discerning the mystery of their perfume as we all walk on by, on other business.
So, this BLOG is my grateful gift-back to Susan of the life cycle of her seeding-gift to me, in all its flowering multi-wonderfulness. I expect it will cover a lot more territory beyond the recommended "4 bulbs per square foot."
Thank you!
Hi MeliZen, this is SuZen. All I want to say is that the lilies will not be the only wondrous full blooms this spring . . .I'm so excited for you, dear friend! Sao
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I didn’t think of it at the time -- but FYI the name “Susan” is apparently Hebrew for “Lily”; the name “Melissa” is Greek for honey-bee! (Source: http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/search.php?p=qsearch&s_gender=1&s_copt=2&i_search=Melissa&filter_select=1&s_filter=14&=a
So I guess it’s not so strange that honey-bee and flower are special friends! J