APRIL LILIES

Sara, my mother, a retired teacher nearing her 80th birthday, has the same "superpower" her mother (my beloved grandmother "Olimpia") used to have: the ability to make her plants grow and bloom majestically even in the midst of a drought. And when I say this, I mean it. We're experiencing intense midday sun and a heat index that can reach 35°C, if not higher. On top of that, water for irrigation is quite scarce. However, today when I went to bring my mother breakfast (we live in adjacent houses, and our patios and gardens are connected), I found her watering and "conversing" with a handful of beautiful lilies that looked like they had just sprouted from a pot... They looked like flowers from another time of year, good heavens! So I couldn't help but express my amazement at seeing them, and my mother immediately told me, "Don't shout, or they'll close!" 🤷‍♂... That was exactly what my grandmother used to tell me when I played in her flower-filled garden! 😂... Anyway, after having breakfast with my mother, I went back home, grabbed my camera, and returned to my mother's garden to take some pictures of these lovely flowers and share them here with you, along with this short story...