Day 146 -- Operation Lilac

Uh-oh!  You'd better guard your lilac bushes!
I love lilacs so much that I feel the need to put lots of o's in love to get my point across:

I looooooooooooooooooove lilacs.

There are few things in life thatmake me more giddy than those couple of weeks when the lilacs bloom.  I'm obsessed with them.  I'm ashamed to say that most of the time while I've been driving lately I'm simultaneously keeping my eyes peeled for unsupervised lilacs.  I have a tendency to park on the side of the road and raid unattended, unsuspecting lilac bushes.  I will stealthily nab a handful or more of the fragrant, purple blossoms and then hop back in the car before anyone who could rightfully claim ownership yells at me.  Just so you don't get the wrong idea, it's not like I'm blatantly trespassing...usually these bushes are on the side of the road somewhere that no one would even notice they were there let alone that a few flowers were missing, but it does give me a small thrill.  It's fun and also kind of pathetic.

No matter what you call it, I have multiple vases chock full of beautiful, smelly flowers in my house.  Every time I walk by and the scent wafts in my direction, I smile.  I am so thankful for lilacs in my house.

Thank God for Operation Lilac!

Lord, thank you for the beauty of your creation and the joy that it brings me.  Thank you for spring and for lilacs.  Thank you for the way they smell and for the way they make me feel.  In your name I pray, Amen.

Comments

MikeandJen said…
1) we have some in our yard if you'd like some. 2) you should go to the lilac festival on mackinac island one year! it's normally the first part of june. i really want to go sometime
May 17, 2011 at 6:35 AM
april. said…
You're cute. I love you!
May 17, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Megan said…
My husband does the same thing!
May 17, 2011 at 10:44 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 162 -- "Showing Us the Way"

Image
One of my favorite things about the spring is the baccalaureate celebration that takes place the week before graduation.  I love the chance to see my seniors in their caps and gowns and to praise God for their arrival to the finish line.  For every year since I can remember, I've listened to Western's Select Choir perform the song "Showing Us the Way" by Michael V. Ficocelli.  When I was a senior, I even got to sing it at my own baccalaureate.  That year, and every year since I have taught at Western, I get choked up listening to the perfectly fitting lyrics of this song.  Tonight, on a perfect evening at the Cascades Falls, tears ran down my face as I watched the seniors I taught sing the words of this song to their classmates, parents, teachers, and friends.  I smiled and cried a little more as I realized that someday there's a good chance I'll be watching my own kids sing it at their baccalaureate. I had to share it with you.  This isn't Western's
Read more

We Dance...and We Sing...When We Play the Drum!

Let it be known that my son gets his money's worth out of his toys. Or, in this case, someone else's money's worth. Whatever. You know what I mean. The toys that he likes, he really, really likes. He uses them a lot for a long time. This particular toy is a drum that was given to him by our friends, The Tappans, at his FIRST birthday party. Needless to say, tonight he was REALLY enjoying his gift.
Read more

Day 80 -- Calvin and Hobbes

Image
When I was in junior high and high school, I used to read the anthologies of several comic strips, including Garfield, Fox Trot, The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes.  I remember reading them by the light of my bedside lamp, trying to stifle my giggles so that my parents wouldn't come bust me for staying up too late reading (the horror!). Calvin and Hobbes, especially, resonated with my sense of humor.  I found the strip simultaneously witty, funny, thought-provoking and perceptive.  I collected all of the anthologies, but somewhere between then and now, I either lost them or gave them away.  I told my husband about my tendency to read them from cover to cover, and how I was sad that I no longer had them.  Not too surprisingly, for Christmas, I received The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book from Santa. I have been slowly working my way through the book, and tonight I was reminded of Calvin's finicky eating habits and of his gift for creating macabre snowman art.  I w
Read more