A Fallen Flower

We don't usually cut our tulips, preferring to enjoy their beauty outside, but I found this one lying on the ground this morning when I came back from walking the dogs. The flower might have been too heavy for the stem, or it might have been the victim of a child's errant ball.

It was too pretty to throw away, so I brought it inside, put it in a glass of water on the kitchen counter and forgot about it. Late this afternoon, C came home from her yoga class and asked me if I had a blip. When I told her I didn't, she pointed out the spontaneous coils of the tulip stalk, and there was my blip!