For this prompt, we were supposed to tell a story of new beginnings. Although it’s still January, in California the flowers have started to bloom and I took this photo of a bougainvillea, one of my favorite of our plants. I wanted flowers to be the subject of my photo because they are a great symbol of spring, freshness, and new beginnings. Flowers produce seeds and then die, and the new plants grow up and bloom for themselves. The circle of life is a beautiful example of new beginnings. And with the new year come more personal new beginnings, a fresh start, with new hopes and dreams for the coming year. I think these simple but beautiful flowers represent this hope.