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The Hyacinth is almost in full-bloom now, exactly a week since I brought it home from the grocery store, and I keep thinking as I admire it--pausing for a long sniff of the flowers every time I walk past the mantel--that I should start giving out single bulbs in forcing vases as holiday gifts, as this has brightened the past week so much. My older brother used to give pots of Amaryllis as Christmas presents. Collecting the vases and selecting the bulbs would be a sweet little project this year. ♥
In just the five days after I brought it home, the Hyacinth has grown a few inches and has already begun to bloom. Life moves fast when you're an indoor bulb, I guess. And it really will be white, as I was hoping. To see the flowers appearing today as the city receives its first few inches of real snow has made it all even sweeter on this January day.
While turning the corner in the grocery store's produce department earlier tonight, I spotted a small selection of Hyacinth bulbs in glass forcing vases. Love! ♥ I've wanted one of these vases for ages now and had never treated myself to one until now. Only $5, so I'm tempted to go back for a couple more. I want windowsills filled with them someday--all different colors and shapes and sizes--I just find them so charming. So begins the collection!
I'm doing the Snoopy happy dance here every time I look at it. It is, indeed, the little things. :) ♥
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