Autumn Lily

For Easter this year, our daughter's mother-in-law sent me a gorgeous lily. It had lots of buds, and we enjoyed it for several weeks.

After the final bud opened, I put it out on our deck, then eventually cut the plant down to the soil to replant it in our garden. After many weeks it grew and thrived. I was expecting it to flower by the end of summer. I put it into the soil late in the season, however, and when Autumn arrived, there were still no new buds.

Maybe, just maybe, new buds are beginning to form?

So I dug it up and put it into a new flower pot to bring into the house.

Here's hoping for Autumn lilies. Thanksgiving? Anticipation...