Reflections

My Michigan garden is under five inches of snow. And as I write, the weather folk are reporting heavy snow headed from West to the Midwest. The tree outside our condo is losing its leaves, a golden shower that demands daily incursions with the leaf blower to keep the patio clear. Friends decorated their cacti with Santa hats to protect them from the chillier nights. The days are getting longer again. In my imagination, I am picturing the desert in bloom, the trillium that will eventually carpet the forests in Northern Michigan. In keeping with the white stuff about to blanket large swaths of the Heartland, I went on a hunt for favorite plants with white blossoms in full flower---a reminder that this wintery time too will pass.