It was a gorgeous day. One of those that is the perfect temperature–not too cold, not too hot. So I decided to spend the day with my laptop working on my latest novel (Operation Grizzly Camp) sitting under my gazebo in the back yard. For hours, I sat there writing and every so often, I looked over at my frog pond and to my great joy, as the sun moved across the sky, I watched a lily flower open. It was like magic. I never would have patience to sit and wait, but as I wrote, there it was. Then the next day (when I thought to take a picture) a second one opened. Beautiful!