These lilies originally came from my first house at Amston Lake. It was a romantic house for a new couple. We had started in an apartment next to a college, but we really wanted a house. Finally we found this little house for two people in love and two cats.
Though the house was very small and had central heating, there were things that impressed me beyond words. Strawberries grew by the water pump house. Orange day lilies ringed the large and sloping backyard. It was right across the street from the lake. The large windows displayed the wondrous lake views.
When winter came, the ice cracked and made haunting sounds throughout the night. It was beautifully seeing the lake with snow fluttering over it. People set up Ice Houses aka Bob-Houses on the lake for fishing.
When spring came again the lilies bloomed. Around that time, we decided to move to a bigger house. We were thinking of family. I dug up a few of the lilies and replanted them in the new house.
Over the years, the lilies have disappeared. Some appear in odd places. I decided to dig up two and pot them hoping to rescue them. Here is the survivor that lived through the winter which cracked the pot. It lived though the hard times, repotting, and instead of the one bloom last year, here are more! (I notice I have to weed that pot again.)
The lily inspires me. So what if there are hard times! So what if parts of life can be cracked! There is always a time to bloom. A time to look around and enjoy the world.
Stay cool this summer. Keep those you love close.
All the best always,
Susan
Susan Hanniford Crowley, a wife, a mother, and a grandmother
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