nice surprise

I walked out my front door for a breath of fresh air after spending two days fighting off a cold in my warm little hovel, and what did I see? A cluster of gorgeous little purple croci have sprung up out of nowhere in the yard right near my door! So lovely. And because I live below ground, the flowers are more or less at eye-level when I open my door, which makes them, somehow, even more dramatic. So lovely! Winter is going away! Spring is coming! Yay!