Daylilies

A few years ago I planted some bulbs in front of the house not knowing what they were. The next summer a beautiful flower appeared on one of the plants sprung from one of the bulbs. I still did not know what it was but planned to take a picture of the flower the next day for my web posting. However, the next day the one flower had wilted some but another one was opening up. So I waited till the next day and took a picture of that flower in full bloom.

I soon learned that these beautiful flowers that appeared in full bloom for a day were called, appropriately, daylilies. There are many flowers coming from one plant but each bulb produces a different color of flower. It takes the daylilies a few days to be in full bloom and a few days to slowly wilt away.

This year they have multiplied. In fact I just learned on the wiki site they are considered an invasive plant in the USA. (This is one invasion I welcome.) On this picture to the left you can see one plant with many flowers in various stages of bloom.

If we can live life day by day each day will be a beautiful flower. Unfortunately I am still learning how to live day by day or sometimes moment by moment. For example, now that I am back from the Graf family gathering I think I need to catch up on things. However, the reality is that all I need to do is what I can and should be doing each day. Catching up just means getting further behind.

Working in the garden today was a good way of slowing down to live in the present day.

I bet that when Jesus was talking about living life like the lilies of the field he was talking about daylilies, living each life to the fullest day by day.

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