magnolia

i'm reading 'the elegance of the hedgehog' by muriel barbery at the moment, here is just one quote from the book i related to & am still thinking about.
'those who feel inspired, as i do, by the greatness of small things will pursue them to the very heart of the essential where, cloaked in everyday attire, this greatness will emerge from within a certain ordering of ordinary things and from the certainty that all is as it should be, the conviction that it is fine this way'.
i made this little bundle of spring flowers for a friend of my grandmother's, she is 90 years old so i think & hope it is appropriate for someone of her age.
we have been waiting & anticipating the blossoming of the magnolia flowers, i am sure this is the first in our neighbourhood to show it's face.