Lilacs

Spring is my favourite time of year. Rain washing away all the salt and grime left over from winter. Not having to bundle up in layers of clothes and trying to find a scarf or a matching pair of mittens. It not being too hot (yet) and seeing everything becoming green and colourful again.

I love spring flowers- tulips, daffodils, crocuses, lily of the valley and lilacs.
Spring reminds me of my grandmother. Her property was full of spring flowers and the windows to her house would always be open. The smell from the flowers outside would always be lingering inside the house and we would always find several bouquets scattered around different rooms. My sister and I would pick bunches of lily of the valley and put them in short vases for her. She had a lilac bush that was so big it was a tree. It stretched to the second floor and was completely full of flowers. You could smell lilac several houses away. On my way home from school I would pick several bunches and put them in water when I got home. Mom always knew where they came from and grandma didn't mind- she was just happy that we loved them too.
I keep meaning to plant bulbs in the fall but I always seem to leave it to the last minute and by then the ground has frozen.

I will promise to plant some this year with S. I can tell her of her great grandmother and how much she loved flowers. Maybe even start new memories with S.

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