Today is, according to my west coast brother, Tulip Day.  It's also Frog Jumping Day and Leprechaun Day.  Since I have little interest in leprechauns and even less in frogs, jumping or otherwise, I will focus on flowers this evening.  When I lived in my apartment I could wak out the front door and enjoy beautiful flowers all through the spring, summer and fall without ever lifting a finger except to occasionally wave to a gardener and say thanks. But now I live in a house with my spouse.  Since I do, I plan to plant some tulip bulbs this fall.  In the meantime this Azalea bush is the only flowering plant in our yard currently in bloom.  Later there will be roses.  My husband tells me the azalea is at least 30 years old which is pretty amazing in this area.  I had an Azalea plant once, but it did not survive the "blizzard of 78."  The frogs and leprechauns also had a hard time that winter.  Ah well, I will have tulips next spring, and probably daffodils too.