Weekly Photo Challenge: The Road Taken…an unexpected resident

We usually talk about the road less taken, but today for the Photo Challenge, Krista asks us to share a photo of something that surprised or delighted us on a the road we did take.  There are so many choices for this that I don’t know where to start, but my photo files would be the place.  🙂

Several years ago, my husband and I were in Basel, Switzerland for our last day of a wonderful trip, which had included seeing a stage of the Tour de France.  A fellow blogger who lives in Basel met us and showed us around.  While exploring some of the back streets of this lovely city, I spied this unexpected resident, which both surprised and delighted me.

Birthday surprise

Our older daughter sent me some beautiful flowers for my birthday…but sent them to the house where I wasn’t!  Fortunately, my lovely neighbor,who also gets my mail from the box each day, took the flowers in, too.  🙂

(The gifts I received from everyone else were just as much appreciated but not as beautiful to photograph!)