Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas

December 26, 2018

Happy holidays and merry Christmas. I am always intrigued by the bulbs we received as gifts in the winter: Amaryllis, paperwhite, narcissus,  etc.

I have a couple of paperwhite bulbs blooming profusely on my kitchen bar. The scent is cloying, heavy and blanketing, like a powdery white snow. To me, it is a sweet reminder that spring is just around the corner.

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