A little stop.
A lot of spring.

Put it on the spring list.

Yellow tulips. Pink and white hyacinths. A little shed with FLOWERS across the roof. Our photograph from Rose Shack in Saunderstown has the sort of color that makes you forget how recently you were scraping the windshield.

And there are James and Michael in the middle of it. James was smaller then; the smile is the part I keep coming back to.

For us, this is a must-do Rhode Island stop in spring. Come for something growing, leave with a present, and take a photograph while you are there. It need not become an entire day's itinerary.

A gift that looks like spring.

Heading to somebody's house? Looking for a gift for your mother-in-law? This is exactly the sort of place I would put on the list. Choose a flowering plant that suits the recipient's space and gardening ambitions. A small pot of color can be quite enough.

Ask what is looking its best that week, whether it belongs indoors or outside, and how to care for it. The lovely part is bringing something alive to the door. The useful part is knowing where it should go afterward.