I'm queuing up lots of ideas for posts but I'm not allowing myself the time required to format them into proper posts until I finish finals. Fortunately that happens on Thursday.
But in keeping with my other foliage-admiring posts, I am inclined to post now that I also like tulips. I think I like them more than daffodils which tend to present themselves in rather staid yellowness. Tulips on the other hand come in lots of bright colors, with straight sturdy stalks, and often nice, rounded petals confidently cupping fragrant middles. I did see a tulip today I didn't like - at least I think it was a tulip derivation - which had pointy petals flailing backwards, but I like all the other tulips I've encountered in numeracity all around town.
And that's the point. It's not just that the flowers are pretty, but that it's been a long time since I've lived somewhere where seasonal flowers have accented the environment. I appreciate seeing them now. They make me feel like I'm home.