In early April, Sheryl and I noticed some green popping up out of the ground at the base of one of our trees in our front yard. As weeks went by, it became apparent that these were not weeds, as the pattern suggested something had been planted. We looked at each other and concluded that one of us must have planted these last fall and just didn't remember doing it. It could happen!

By chance, I then asked our next door neighbors (who always do random acts of extreme kindness for the two of us and for many others) if they knew anything about these mystery plants that we now could see were tulips and daffodils. Turns out they had planted a number of bulbs one arbitrary work day last autumn. And if that's not enough, our neighbor has also been spraying them all spring to keep the rabbits from munching them down to their roots.

We'll now receive a gift each spring when these beautiful pink blooms open.
Thanks Doug, Kelly, Elsie and Calder. You're the best neighbors and friends we could ask for!