In the Deep Midwinter...............

                                                                     


                                                                 It's cold here.........

     Everything is brown...........

or brown.......

The branches are stark against the sky......

My Little Boy statue is buried in his leafy wrap...

and the animals are wearing their thickest coats....

I live in what's also known as the "Deep South", in Georgia

below Atlanta, almost in the middle of the state.  We get

a taste of winter this time of year....it does get cold, plants die, 

water freezes.....and the long underwear does get used.  But about

this time of year we see that annual miracle that always takes

me by surprise.....usually after a couple of sunny days of milder weather....

The cheerful yellow daffodil is starting to make it's appearance.....

It's always amazing to me, how these miracles of God know when

it's time to come up through the coldest days of winter to let

us know that everything's working as planned, that spring will eventually come...

And there's something about a daffodil....it's just such

a bright and sunny flower, I don't think you can look at one without smiling.....

I'm wondering how many of us when we were children picked these 

for our teacher on the way to school, or for our mothers....

A few years ago I picked a bundle, rolled them up in a very wet wad

of paper towels, put them in a ziploc bag and sent them to a friend up in

New England.  I just knew that a little bit of natural sunshine would

be appreciated by everyone....and she said they lasted for over a week!!

I love all kinds of flowers.......to me they all are beautiful and

special in their uniqueness, and I surround myself with them in the yard

and garden when the last frost is over.....but there is something about

 the determined daffodil.....that beautiful little soldier that you can depend on

every midwinter in the south, to come up and brighten the landscape just when 

you could use a little color among the browns......

I hope you all will be enjoying your own local daffodils soon wherever you are....

Just another one of Gods gifts to us.....

devon :)