Winter dragged on forever here in the Midwest.

I hadn’t been to Lakewood since January when the cemetery looked like this:

For months I suffered headstone withdrawal, especially after Mother Nature’s 70 degree tease in late March.

But yesterday, after a visit to the dentist, I rewarded myself with a cemetery visit.

Just in time to see the tulips raising a leaf to the sun:

And although I couldn’t stay long, I celebrated the return to spring and to life in this beautiful cemetery.