I love lilacs

After my "angry hostage in a hotel room" post, maybe it's time for a more pleasant reflection. I love lilacs. I don't know if I love them just intrisincally for being purple, so full of little petite blossoms, and pretty, or because they are one of the first signs of spring.
I also love looking out our living room windows and seeing a curtain of green leaves, rather than the barren brown branches we've seen all winter. Welcome spring. I think I might buy some flowers today to decorate our back deck. Deck season has returned to Chicago!