I don’t often hang around the east side of my house so was amazed to find these surprise lilies blooming their heads off. You see, I didn’t plant them. I don’t grow them in the yard anywhere. In fact, I don’t recall seeing them anywhere in the neighborhood. How they got there, I’ll never know.

Usually, squirrels eat every bulb they can find. Heck. They even eat my Christmas cactus along with tomatoes, strawberries and anything else that isn’t nailed down. They’ve even eaten the wheels off my gas grill and the aluminum gutters!

For this small favor, I say, “Thank you, squirrels.”

Hopefully the surprise lilies will come back next year, even though they are hiding behind the wing wall. 

 

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