cream puff...

...on a platter

that's what i thought when i noticed this special little thing...

doesn't it look like it's ready to be served up? a small, little delicacy - waiting to be inhaled? sitting on a miniature platter... nature's way of saying "here i am - ready to be enjoyed by you... do you see me?" and then we need to slow down enough to notice - to suspend our day and time - take the moment - get lost in the magic... observe the tender color, the slight puffing out at the sides, the very hint of pink making you wonder if the flower inside is going to be pink or red or blush... can you see the soft hairs?

and though today is a gray day... there is a glow around this bud - a knowing of the life within... that soon a flower will spring forth in radiant blooming

providing a

happy day.....