A Sure Sign of Spring

While perusing the aisles of the supermarket this morning, I happened upon this beauty and felt I was being rewarded for my endeavors to "fill the larder" once again.

My first hyacinth of the year.  Oh how I wish you could smell the aroma - pure, absolute heaven!  A sure sign of things to come if we can muddle through the next several weeks of winter.

One almost hates to say it out loud, but I think we've been pretty lucky thus far.  Only one major snow and we are almost at the end of January.  Fingers crossed it continues that way.

In the meantime, I will relish the sweet smell of Spring which is now sitting on my kitchen table.