The Lupines are Blooming!

Colourful lupines have been delighting my soul these days.  I love their blue, pink and purple shades scattered across hillsides often in the most unlikely and ordinary places.  They are particularly special to me and my children because they remind us of a very special story written by Barbara Cooney about  Miss Rumphius, the lupine lady who wanted to make the world more beautiful and decided to scatter lupine seed as she wandered the roadsides of her home.  Miss Rumphius is one of our favourite people.  She and the lupines inspire us to also find ways to make the world just that little bit more beautiful.  For us we are beginning by noticing the things that are already beautiful as it would be quite a waste of so much beauty if we didn't take the time to notice!  We all need encouragement to recognize  those delicate flowers that so easily get squished as we walk over them and those ordinary acts of kindness that sometimes go unnoticed.  I need reminders to each day remember that this is a special day to scatter those seeds of love and care that do make the world just that little bit more beautiful.  Let's not wait for the inspiration of just the big things, but listen and respond to those quiet murmurings of ideas for the little things of beauty to recognize and to scatter today!