What was 1/2 price at Wal-Mart last Friday:

Okay, I know this isn’t the best photograph. The darn things wouldn’t hold still.

They are a little sad, a little droopy, but they are what they are and what they are is tulips. And I do love tulips.  And daffodils.  You can keep your roses, thank you very much.  And don’t put me anywhere near a lily unless you have a box of tissues handy.

I once toured a Newport mansion (The Breakers, the biggest of all) on a snowy December evening.  There was a choir and many Christmas trees and wreaths and tinsel and candles and…lilies.  Lilies in every freakin’room.  I drove home with Kleenex stuffed up my nostrils.

Well, that was a lovely holiday memory.

Anyway…

All you gardeners let me know when your tulips are up, will you?