Tulips

A funny thing about my lilac. I have been wishing and wishing it to come out, and it is, almost. And yet I see now that the same sunshine that is speeding it along is speeding up my tulips too. I adore the tulips, all bright red in the lush green grass and don't want them to go over ever. Yet they will probably in about a week at most now it's so much warmer. They are just at that wide open stage with the yellow middle showing. And it reminds me of when Chloë was little and I was so dying for her to walk and you don't realise then that as soon as she walks she stops the gorgeous crawling, that lovely pit pat noise that babies make. At least with the tulips they should come back.