Surprise!

I have been doing a lot of work at my rental property lately.  The free-standing deck in the back yard was rotted and needed to be torn out.  Rather than re-build the deck, I would like to put in a patio as I think it will require less maintenance over time.  I am also taking out the perennial garden as the tenants have just let it go to weeds (breaks my heart!).  In order to put in a patio, the ground where the deck used to be and the garden plot both need to be leveled, which is what is requiring all the work.  The other day when I was there, I started pulling the weeds out of the garden area to make the dirt easier to move.  I got a real surprise when I found a pair of Surprise Lilies just about to bloom hidden among the weeds.  Mom gave me these bulbs when we first put in the perennial garden.  What a blessing to find them still there.  I dug them up and put them in a pot on my patio.  I hope to replant them in my current garden bed this fall when I plant other bulbs for spring blooms.