After the Lilac Blooms
My husband and I planted a scrawny lilac by the side of our front lawn, next to our driveway, about thirty years ago.
It has grown so enthusiastically that we have to cut it back a bit so that we can walk on the sidewalk in front of our house, without being slapped in the face by its branches.
When it blooms in June, I love to sit on my front porch and simply inhale its wonderful fragrance.
I’m always a little melancholy when the flowers die off.
But today, as I was getting out of our car, I noticed little green buds on the bush.
Excited, I asked my husband what they were.
He said they were seed pods, although lilacs usually propagate by putting out runners.
I am thrilled.
These seeds promise new life and it seems hopeful that as soon as the lilac stops blooming, it begins preparing to bloom next year.
I find, as I get older, the signs of nature’s regeneration become more and more meaningful to me.
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