My job is done

I was just thinking....I planted thousands and thousands of bulbs in the fall and early winter, some my own but mostly not. When I saw these tulip babies on a terrace the other day I decided I really don't care to see them in bloom - just the young glossy foliage is satisfying enough. Spring flowering bulbs have been our proof that the winter is behind us and the temperatures are slowly but steadily rising - but their flowers are pathetically short-lived.