Amarylis

For Christmas I got an Amarylis - a flower in a pot which was by then no more than a large bulb and some leafs.

Then a strong stem started to grow carrying the beginnings of the flowers ...

... and after a view days the first flower emerged.

The next day the second flower opened ...

... and soon four beautiful flowers were in full bloom.

For a few days I could enjoy those beauties.

But to soon they withered and the marvelous show was over.

Yet even in decay nature showed its beauty.