Outfit Collection: Lilacs

    I recently posted about the importance of flowers in my late grandmother's life.  She had such an amazing variety of flowers, but perhaps my favorite of all were the lilac bushes.  The scent of lilacs reminds me of so many sweet childhood springs and summers and of my own early years as a mother when I was raising my children in my grandmother's old house.  The people who occupied the home after us did not take care of those beautiful flowers and now they have nearly died out. 

    However, seven years ago, when we moved out to our current home, my mom dug up a shoot from my grandmother's lilacs and gave it to me to plant.  I did, uncertain at times if it were going to survive out here.  This year, for the first time, my lilacs have bloomed!  To be fair, my grandmother always said that it takes seven years for lilacs to bloom, but I just wasn't sure they were going to make it.  I guess that means they're decided to stick around after all.  

    To celebrate this occasion, I thought it would be fun to revisit my Lilac posts along with a few pics of this years blooms!