Initially their glossy flower heads, so shapely and defined, sit atop slender stems, exuding confidence and strength despite an unknown future.
Passing from youthful vigour to mature elegance, striking upright and full of life, their calm presence cannot be ignored.
Over time straight becomes curved, displaying a graceful style.
With age petals lose their strength, opening wide to reveal inner secrets before they wrinkle, fade then fall. Age finally takes its toll.
They may have gone but live on in the next generation
Tulips.
They remind me of Mum.