We decide to spend today
pottering about the garden.
There’s plenty of work to do –
digging-out, dead-heading
and tying back.

An interesting discovery
in the garage –
two plastic pots full of bulbs.
Unidentified.

What can they be?

And so,
our curiosity piqued,
we plant these mystery bulbs
in pots
and position them carefully
in a sunny spot.

All of this
while drizzle falls softly
and birds chorus
all around.

Thank you, Lord,
for a delightful afternoon
spent pottering about the garden
and for all the joy
of anticipation.
(What will those bulbs
turn out to be?)

© Claire Murray, 21st March 2023