more hothouse reprieve

when we got home from nyc last weekend, we found that our dog sitter had left us an enormous floral arrangement on the dining room table (she is a florist).  it was an over-the-top and incredibly thoughtful gift. she knew we would be emotionally wrung out after dropping off our youngest at college. and she was right. but what she (probably) didn’t know was that i was going to very very busy when i got back from nyc, preparing for a talk i am giving to over 2000 people on thursday. so her gift of a vase full of beautiful…STILL stuff….was a double win: it lifted our spirits and it gave me several days worth of STILL subjects. thank you madeline (and erik) for being such incredible humans!

white agapanthus (lily of the nile)