Early this morning I found myself at Trader Joe’s buying quinoa (or at least attempting to buy quinoa, but eventually settling for a 3-grain rice blend because they were out of quinoa).

Anyways, there were the most gorgeous bouquets of peony buds all through the lobby–large pink knobs on long stems. On impulse, I bought a bunch, brought them home and put them in water. All day long they’ve been unfolding one cup-shaped petal at a time–literally changing every few minutes.

So…you guessed it…peony photos coming soon. 🙂

PS: Ellycat loves peonies almost as much as I do–she’s nibbled the tips of most of the leaves off already…