Happy Birthday Abbey!

So I'm refraining from posting ANOTHER picture of a flower, especially since the flower picture I wanted to post is a Passion Flower. Abbey turned 25 today, Happy Birthday Ab. For the first time in my life, I got to witness a flower bloom. It lasted about 10 minutes, and in those minutes I watched each intricate part of the flower open up right before my eyes. It was beautiful and I enjoyed taking about 30 pictures of this process. Instead of those, I chose a couple from our adventures today. We took a hike near Helen Hunt Falls, above it to the 'Silver Falls' where I found this little pool of water that was above the falls. The other picture is of a tree root that was growing out of the ground and had incredible detail and markings.

Patience is a Virtue

Below is a Passion Flower. I gave this incredibly intricate plant to Abbey six months ago. At first it had several buds about to bloom, and then they all fell off without blooming and leaving us perplexed, saddened, and feeling like the worst plant parents, ever.

Six months later (today to be specific) we were gifted this beautiful bloom that happened between 8:30 this morning and Noon. This was such a refreshing sight to see as everything outside is covered in snow. This picture doesn't do it justice, yet another push to work on my photography!