A Reminder of Spring . . .

The house in January

always seems so sparse

Cold, often, like January

Hard surfaces and nothing to soften . . .

But in the breakfast room,

Spring does come in January!

For the orange tree blossoms

and fills the air with the heavenly fragrance of orange blossoms!

And the paperwhites start blooming

Their "strange" perfume adding to the fragrance wafting from the breakfast room

And my eyes always light up

When the tulips show up at market.

I buy a bunch every time I go to the store

And plop them in vases or pitchers scattered around the house

(I like them blowsy!)

With the floral fragrances 

And the blossoms

This really cold and really dreary day seems less so.