Chrysanthemums

I love flowers.  

As I arrived at my Thursday school last week, I was greeted at the doorway by some of the most magnificent flowers I have ever beheld.  

These Japanese chrysanthemums stand almost shoulder height.  The diameter of the flowers is at least eight inches. 

I was delighted to find the chrysanthemums again this week had hardly atrophied at all.  Yet another reminder that I am living in a far different climate from my native lands next to Lake Superior.  Here we are in mid November and flowers are blooming all over the place. 

I miss the snow of my past winters…but when it comes time to leave these year-round flowers, I will miss them too.