Surprise!

After the first Christmas in the house, I threw the cut off leaves of my - not blooming at all - amaryllis into the garden and later I stuck the bulb into the ground too, just to see what would happen. Well, the leaves took root and the bulb started growing and this year I have this:

There are at least three amaryllis now and all three of them are blooming or getting ready to.

Good things still happen around here.