starflower 9

this story has a good ending.

yesterday as i started down the trail, optimistic about a new series of all five petal counts, i came across a starflower with nine petals.  wow.  that was fast.  i got down on the ground and went to focus when i noticed a stick behind the flower that was catching the sunlight.  so i reached around to move the stick…..  yup.  i knocked over the flower.  no matter how hard i tried to coax that little flower into raising his head again, it wasn't going to happen.  

i got up and continued down the trail with the attitude of "where there is one…"  a mile later, no luck.  i went out again today, this time leaving the trail at times.  yet another mile, no luck.  feeling discouraged, i consoled myself with "this will give me something to look forward to each spring."  as soon as i thought that, there it was.  i had to count not once, not twice, but three times to be sure i wasn't blinded by hope.  very gently i lowered myself to the ground.  here is the result. (go ahead, count.)

tomorrow should go well.  the weather forecast is good and eights aren't that hard to find.  but sunday….   i may be stuck.  but as i was reminded today, good things come along when you aren't expecting them.  let's hope.