Lilies!

Weeks of being overwhelmed with too much to do, losing the Benedictine rhythm of prayer and play mixed in with work, the rhythm that makes for spiritual and emotional and physical health ...

Meanwhile, in the garden: Yesterday the first daylily bloomed!!

And, this morning, the first Easter lily is beginning to open!!

The deer haven't eaten the daylilies. (I've been spraying Liquid Fence with regularity.) More of a miracle, the voles haven't gotten the Easter lilies.

Blooms in the garden. Gifts from God -- to encourage a moment's pause, to remember that work is not all that there is.