my joy......

each year the agapanthus delights me at every stage ......

when the green tips just are breaking through the soil
then lots of leaves
sometimes buds don't appear 
but when they do the stems grow 
i love their gracious curve
the bud has beauty just of it's own....
but
when the bud opens and the flower begins to appear
bit by bit.....
until it is the flower it is meant to be.....

writing this it occurs to me that is a picture of our lives....