After a winter of frozen ground, the first flowers of Spring in Nova Scotia are truly a rebirth. As innocent as a new baby.

Tulips represent that awakening for me. I love them so much that I planted more this year. And even while we still had snow on the ground, they pushed their leaves up through the soil. When I walked past them in late March, I reminded myself to lay some deer-proof chicken wire. But I forgot. The deer however, did not forget. They LOVE tasty, fresh tulip leaves and unopened heads when available. Fortunately, they left me a few. The don’t like daffodils and I planted 80 new ones last fall, so there’s that. The tulips now have chicken wire around them. Some lessons take longer than others to learn.