Beautiful branches

I can't wait for the flowers to start blooming! In February, as I clipped our rose bushes, I started to pine for flowers. Then it hit me. I could make beautiful arrangements in vases with some of the branches I had trimmed from a bush in one of the gardens.

Forgive my ignorance. I don't know the name of the bush. When the leaves pop out, they are  pretty, varying shades of greens and cream, and the bush grows like crazy. I trimmed it way back this year. The little branches are a deep red, and the green vase on our mantle, I thought, was perfect for them.

Little yellow primroses are peeking out of the edge of the garden, and some of the other early spring flowers. I see the stalks and leaves of flowers I planted last year, and I'm anxious for the cutting flowers to burst out of their little sleeves so I can play with bouquets and fill the house with flower color and happiness again.

For now I'll enjoy the branch bouquet a while longer.