Dear lilacs

Thank you so much for coming to visit. Because of you I saw some fat bumblebees, which is something I hadn't seen in quite some time. I truly enjoyed your fragrance and beauty. The little robins also appreciated you immensely, as I saw them coming and going often from your lovely branches.
I am sorry about the hot days, followed by the wind ~ I know it was hard on you. I wish you could have stayed longer. Your visits seem to get shorter all the time and waiting for next spring can be almost unbearable.
Why does it seem that the best things never seem to last very long. I will try to take care of you so that you can handle more and more blooms as the years pass by, and you continue to make my early spring days so meaningful.
You are looking a little shabby now, but you still smell nice and I still love you. You remind me of my childhood home, Memorial days past and the loved ones whose graves we adorned with your purple bouquets. You were taken from those very old lilacs that surrounded the old red house and planted here to bless me with your beauty year after year. You have been faithful and constant and kept me rooted to my family by the memories you evoke. You are elegant and graceful and don't deserve the harsh treatment you receive from mother nature - but it has made you strong and I know you will continue to bloom and grow.
See you next year.

Much Love,

Nancy

What a happy bumblebee!

Lovely lilacs