Ugly Ducklings

Bulbs, corms and tubers…the ugly ducklings of the garden. Not pretty, mostly brown and wrinkled like someone (me) who’s spent too many years in the sun without sunblock.

When there’s a nip in the air, and frost on the pumpkin, put those ugly babies in the ground, pointy side up...and wait. Under a blanket of snow they sit, forgotten over the holidays, cold, buried...but transforming, hidden potential.

Their leaves push through the ice and snow as our first reassurance that winter will soon be over.

Then, wow. Wow! Let’s celebrate the ugly ducklings, and the transformative power of hidden potential in all of us.  

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