Spring is my favorite season. I love watching the new growth appear, the greening of the grass, the forsythia in bloom, and the young buds appearing on the branches. One year I did my version of time lapse photography by taking daily pictures of my hosta plants as they emerged from the soil and unfurled. It was so much fun that I have continued the practice and capture random images of new buds. The transformation fascinates me. Often the bud bears no resemblance to the future flower. The image here is of a flowering dogwood blossom in my yard. This tree has particular sentimental value for me because I clearly remember shopping for it. I didn't even know the name. I went to local nurseries and described it. No luck at the first two. As I pulled into the third one there was a great parking spot and right in front of the car was exactly the tree that I wanted. This dogwood brings me tremendous joy every year. The life lesson about becoming something different than you are now is true for us all. Exploration, discovery, education, and reinvention are exciting and can be scary. Once we have taken all the steps, we sometimes have to reintroduce ourselves to the people who thought they knew us. Growth and change are vital!