Bloom "when" you're planted

Every December I plant Amaryllis to brighten up the house for the Christmas season

something fresh- something that's growing

It never fails I always plant them too late or there is a snag with the winter light

so they never really bloom at Christmas

My amaryllis seem to bloom the first or second week of January

 which has actually has been quite nice

 cleaning the house out from under all the Christmas décor and the left over pine needles.

 

mopping the floors

opening up the windows letting in cold winter air

 

 and then... they bloom
 the beautiful fleurs

welcoming the new year in

 

It's been a strange Christmas

With my father passing the house has been filled with flower arrangements
from everyone, everywhere

 they are sad-
a heaviness to them

 full of grief

 cut flowers in a vase that will eventually die

 which of course opens the flood gates of tears for me, when that happens
 

But these white amaryllis have sort of taken on a new meaning for me

 my fathers 81 st birthday was January 4th
 

 that's when they began to bloom

 well see it as you may- I  feel he is around me

January has always been a favorite month

a new fresh start

something new to cultivate

new discoveries

 

 

 and now ...

 I will plant white amaryllis

 

in memory of dad

the way I have always been planting them

 

- they'll bloom in January

 

  letting nature take it's own time
grief
growth
and blooms


...and Martha Stewart,
I am spot on when my dang amaryllis are supposed to bloom!