Flowers

P & I went out to admire the garden in back this evening after the chilluns were in bed. At one point I turned around and noticed M1’s curtain was half open & twisted around her bedpost. Her window was also in the locked-a-little-bit-open position.

We noted that the small pear tree in back has some kind of problem with its leaves. I deadheaded the marigolds & basil. He moved the sprinkler and checked out the raspberries. We both stood & smelled the honeysuckle then we started ambling back towards the door. We paused in front of M1’s room.

Impulsively I popped a full-bloom calendula flower off its stem & threw it through M1’s window. I got three flowers in before she stuck her head up and asked what we were doing.

“We’re throwing flowers in your window. It’s bedtime. Close your curtain and go to sleep!”

My family is beautiful. I’m so lucky.