Our life rests on some landmarks, some milestones that give us stability. In such an unpredictable world, when we don't know what the next day will bring, we still need to know that we "know" what's next, that we are not totally abandoned in the changing winds.
One of the certainties of my life is the cycle of the seasons. Ever since I was born and understood what was happening to me, I have understood that it is imperative that after winter comes spring! That's what I learned from my parents, from school, and saw with my own eyes.
Well, this certainty of mine has been seriously shaken this year! March has come, which is the boundary where winter ends, spring begins, and... winter still hasn't come to my city, Bucharest, Romania. I almost forgot to tell you from where I am sending you these thoughts and musings of mine. Romania is a country with a temperate continental climate and four seasons, all somewhat respecting the size of three months each.
My dilemma was the following. If it didn't winter, it means that the long-awaited spring cannot follow...
Well, on the twelfth hour it happened. My belief that "she will come" has gained support. In early March it began... winter in my town! That means the conditions are met and she will come. Spring!
The months that "were" winter were like spring this year and that fooled the plants that rushed to the light. Winter has now come and is trying to cover them with snow but this winter has no strength left, I am convinced the plants will get through this ordeal.
Especially since there are some plants that are very well trained to fight winter. Like these Christmas Roses!
This week it keeps snowing, then the snow melts, then it snows again and that doesn't bother me at all.
I love the snow, it's so beautiful but also useful to wet the ground, because so far it's been dry.
The moment I saw the snow I knew that spring was near, that it would come!
Probably those who have read this far have thought I got confused and forgot to write about shopping, the shopping experience, as 
I need to get ready for the garden and flowers. I went shopping, not to the market, I went to a supermarket specializing in DIY, building, and gardening. Leroy-Merlin.
Whenever I enter this shop, the first target is flowers and gardening items. I find that there are now a lot of cacti on offer. I'm not really a fan of small cacti but I've enjoyed looking at them.
Cacti and succulents.
But the other flowers were also well represented but they were all indoor plants and my indoor is full.
I came especially for the flower soil, to prepare to sprinkle the soil from the flower pots. Looking for soil I saw, for the first time, a seeding system. Interesting, if I had a bigger garden it would have been useful for me too.
Next to this seeding system I saw something, something I've been looking to buy for a long time. A plant I've been looking for a long time. A tropical plant. It's called: Musa "Dwarf Cavendish" Banana...
The plant is not in good condition, it was poorly cared for in the store and because of this I bought it at a big discount, it only cost $15!
I so love the huge but so soft and fragile leaves. I know it's a plant that will grow quite a bit....
Although true Banana plants are far too large for any house, the Dwarf Musa Banana, or Dwarf Cavendish, fits right in. These "Dwarfs" can still easily reach 6ft / 2m, so with this in mind a young new plant will live happily on a window ledge for a few years at most but that's it, afterwards the space will have run out and you will need somewhere bigger.
I'm not thinking too far ahead, I want to enjoy now the pleasure of watching this little wonder grow.
Now that I know that spring will come, I also know that life will go on as we have been used to, even though we have been hit with all sorts of crises lately. My optimism gets its nourishment from hope!
Because it was not in vain that my niece Ilinca discovered ... the mirror!
Habit is now forcing me to leave a flower at the end, #alwaysaflower, as our good host Denise says!
