A Flower Surprise

Back when we got our first frost warning,  there were a couple of lovely geraniums growing in my garden.  I decided to bring one inside and invite it to live a little longer.  I put it in the sun room, thinking I might get a couple of more weeks out of it.

Here it is the last day of the year.  That first frost date was actually way back on September 18.  So over three months later,  that geranium is still living a little longer.   It is getting much colder in the sun room now, which is unheated, except by the sun,  which does warm up the room somewhat.  Still, it is 19 degrees outside today.

I certainly never expected that at this date, the last day of the year, I would still be enjoying the lovely geranium.

Thank you pretty flower, for your lovely surprise!

A Flower Surprise

Pink and blooming

on this gray and gloomy

day of December.

Still giving its

lovely flower self,

still living, 

long beyond my expectations.

So glad I rescued you

at the warning of that frosty night,

that you could still

be surprising me,

and bringing such delight!