"I will touch a hundred flowers...

And not pick one."

-Edna St. Vincent Millay (Afternoon on a Hill)

One of the grocers in my neighborhood keeps their flowers displayed outside...

And I get to gaze at the blooms every time I walk by!

As you can imagine, it takes pretty much all of my willpower not to bring home a bouquet of buds everyday.

So I must admit: over the weekend, I broke down and plucked up a pot of tulips.

My love of tulips have been well documented on this blog, so it should come as no surprise that this would be what finally made it home with me.

I just love them- and for a couple of bucks, I get to enjoy these blooms for days!

Aren't they lovely?

In fact, I'm so smitten with these flowers that I've decided to make them into my new computer wallpaper. Here's a hi-res image to use on your monitor if you'd like:

Thanks for visiting- hope you had a great weekend!

Taking time to smell the flowers...

On the way home from work everyday, I pass this bodega.
It's one of the many, generic bodegas you can find all over NYC. Inside they carry a variety of items: from soda and beers, to grocery items and a self-serve salad bar! But it's their outside offerings that catch my eye every night.
These flowers blow me away!
Especially now that the weather has warmed up, these beauties look positively spring-like!
From tulips...
To Gerber daisies...
To these pretty little purple things (sorry... I'm not sure what these are... but I like 'em)!
To forsythia (one of my personal favorites)!
And all this can be found on a random corner in Midtown Manhattan. (7th Avenue and 58th Street, to be exact!)
Being the pushover that I am, I couldn't resist buying a little something to take home with me... here's a peak inside the floral paper:
Aren't they pretty?
So fresh and vibrant!
I took these photos as soon as I got home, so the tulips were still closed... but you should see these babies now that they've opened up a bit- gorgeous!
I don't know about you, but there's something about a vase of tulips that just puts me in a good mood!
And on that note, I would like to wish you a wonderful weekend- thanks for stopping by!