New Life

Sometimes, there are moments in your life which you know will be remembered for the rest of your life. Weddings, the birth of a child, graduating from college. These things are the milestones by which we gauge the passage of time. I recently had one of these experiences, when on an otherwise nondescript evening at the end of an otherwise nondescript day, I held between my fingers a tiny reminder that God loves us and wants us to be happy, that spring and new life are coming. Yes, loyal readers, the avocado tree has a flower bud. You can see the difference between the leaf bud and the flower bud, which is white and has a bulbous head. If things go well, this will eventually turn into 'El Oro Verde'.