Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Purple grows at my feet

Life, in another form
London, ON
April 2020
This photo originally shared on Instagram
I noticed this in the garden this morning as the puppy and I headed out for the first walk of the day, perfectly purple spontaneous bursts of flowery life.

My first thought was that life had returned once more. But then I thought about it a little more and came to the conclusion that I had been mistaken.

Saying that life had returned implied that it hadn't been there previously. Which was most certainly not the case.

The earth in the shadows of our doorstep may have been dormant and grey for months. But it was anything but lifeless. Life had been there all along, lying dormant below the surface, waiting for just the right time to re-emerge.

Just because we can't see the blooms doesn't mean there is no life.

As the dog pulled on her leash and we put this miniature emerging miracle behind us, I smiled at the prospect of life taking on many forms, of the precious color taking shape just below our noses, and of our collective need to appreciate the little things no matter what they might look like at any given moment in time.

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