Peonies!

This week the peonies got to work making a splendid show of themselves alongside the rhododendron and the pot of pink begonias.

   

I love these showy, blousy flowers.

T gave me this plant more than five years ago and each June, it turns out a few more blossoms.

This week, as I contemplate our ugly, racist history, as our president is non-stop idiot, the worldwide toll of COVID-19 grows larger by the hour, and I contemplate a summer of anxious social distancing, I am grateful for the blessings of these beautiful flowers.