Peruvian lilies are widely recognized as symbols of friendship, devotion, and mutual support. Each of the six petals is often said to represent a different virtue: understanding, humor, patience, empathy, commitment, and respect.

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15 April 2026

My wife planted these Barbados lilies in two large pots outside our back door nearly twenty years ago, and they still come back every spring. It must be the perfect spot — just the right balance of sun and shade — because they return like clockwork.

Thinking about the lilies reminded me of the year a colony of yellow jackets decided to build a nest in one of those same pots. I’m usually a live‑and‑let‑live kind of guy when it comes to wildlife, but that was too close for comfort. They had to go — evicted without prejudice.

That brought back another backyard memory from the day I was pressure‑washing the fence. A mud dauber had built a nest on one of the boards, and when I blasted the water across it, the wasp took offense. It came straight at me and stung me on my right ear. After that, we had ourselves a little battle, and the wasp didn’t stand a chance against high‑pressure water. My ear, however, paid the price — swollen and oversized for days.

How would I describe the pain of a mud dauber sting? Sharp and hot, like a quick jab of electricity. It doesn’t last long, but the swelling certainly does.

I still have the pressure washer, but these days I hire someone else to handle the job. No more backyard duels for me.

That said, when I was doing the pressure‑washing myself, half the job was dragging the machine from one section of fence to the next. One guy I hired showed up with a washer and several lengths of hose hooked together. Genius. And for me, a big duh — why hadn’t I thought of that.

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” — Oscar Wilde

“If you can laugh at it, you can live with it.” — Erma Bombeck

“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” — Robin Williams

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Quote of the day, 14 April: Jessica Powers

Easter to me my little sister is,
and I affirm her April’s eminence.
No beauty of atoning penances
prevails on light as does her innocence.

Our abstract night is into day transmuted
when she makes entrance into any room.
A call goes out to sunrise, April fluted.
Wakened in dew, the Easter lilies bloom.

Wide rumor says that she must dine on light
to show such health of it in her clear face.
The concept of the flowers is also right
with gleam implicit in the scent of grace.

O full of lilies in the time of lovers!
My little sister whom night did not mar
wins Easter first; its luster, one discovers,
favors the gardens where the lilies are.

Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, OCD (Jessica Powers)

O Full of Lilies (1956; 1984)

Powers, J 1999, The Selected Poetry of Jessica Powers, Siegfried, R & Morneau, RF (eds.), ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: The lilium longiflorum is also known as the Easter lily. The University of Wisconsin Horticulture Division of Extension explains that although the plants are forced to bloom at the appropriate time for the religious holiday, this is completely out of their normal flowering time. Today, almost all of the potted plants grown as Easter lilies are produced by less than a dozen growers located in a narrow coastal region along the border of California and Oregon. Image credit: Golden Age Photos via Adobe Stock

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Abstract Peruvian Lilies And Mums

An image of delicate white Peruvian #lilies that includes bright yellow accents from cheerful #chrysanthemums set a soft and dreamy tone. Digitally hand painted in #CorelPainter from one of my own photos and given a fun #abstract look.

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