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First Hyacinth in the Flowerbed

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in things I forget to look at my surrounding. This is the first hyacinth to show it's beauty in our front flower bed. There is an interesting story on why the hyacinth is called hyacinth-

The word hyacinth comes from the Greek Hyakinthos, a handsome young man who in Greek mythology was loved by the sun god Apollo. One day they were practising throwing the discus but the jealous god of the West Wind, who was also in love with Hyakinthos, blew the discus back and it fatally wounded him. From his blood grew a flower which the god Apollo named after him.