When Margaret died, just over a year ago, we asked people to give us live pot plants rather than cut flowers. Thankfully we had a number of healthy plants donated as a result, and in particular a pair of matching lilies (I believe that’s the only live plant in Hallmark’s catalogue).
When we got them they were both in full flower. The flowers soon faded and died away, but the plants kept on putting out extra leaves, so all was well.
Just the other day, Cleodhna noticed that while one of them was in perfect health, the other was drooping. The cause, on going closer to water it, became apparent: it had put out its first flower.
Meanwhile, the Inland Revenue is still going over the French paperwork.
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