Bloom.

In a few days, summer will officially be here. It's not welcome though, if what happened last year repeats itself. I distinctly remember the first day of summer last year, it was amazing. A few of us teachers went out to the rooftop garden and harvested a bunch of lettuce to eat with lunch, the sun was shining and the humidity wasn't unbearable. Then the next day came, and BAM! Jang Ma (the rainy season) hit like a ton of wet, soggy, sticky, bricks. The humidity came tumbling in to a disgusting degree, and the heavens opened up like you wouldn't believe. I am NOT looking forward to that again! Oh, the joys of the Korean rainy season, where you must carry an umbrella no matter the weather, or risk getting completely soaked with not a moment's notice. FUN.

So, with just a few days (hopefully weeks) until the start of the monsoon season, I am going to appreciate the beauty that is our urban garden:

The lily's are blooming!!! It's been a long impatient road, but finally they are blooming, just in time for us to enjoy them for another month before going home. So far, only two of the four plants have bloomed, we have a pink and a yellow one. I believe we were given four bulbs of different colors, so the other two are a mystery!

Besides enjoying the lily from the garden, walking down the sidewalk now is beautiful:

This cool tree has wispy-like pink flowers, similar to dead dandelions in texture.

Cheers to enjoying what little we have left of dryish, sunny days before the deluge!