Petal, petal, soil, soil

I wonder what it would be like to be these purple flowers from my yard.

Did you know they grow and grow and grow and photosynthesise all day long? For a very long time they keep on stretchin' up until the bud breaks and they spread their vibrant little petals every which way you can imagine. But these specific ones - the flowers only last a day in the ground. Are you imagining? All that effort for twenty-four hours... here today gone tomorrow. Even as I've typed this, the petals ar starting to brown and turn in on themselves more than they had ten minutes ago.

I like that they make such beautiful use of their short lives much like butterflies. So today when we're all counting down the hours until the end of the day, think about my purple flowers. Make the most of every minute you have!

Here today and gone tomorrow, right?