Planting Flowers

Sunny weather and an unbooked weekend calendar finally coincided: it was time to do something about a patch of earth that had been empty since April.

The plant display at Costco was offering six Calla lilies for $30. I threw them in the cart, next to the pomegranate juice, asparagus, and hamburger.

By afternoon, after a few hours of clearing, digging, fertilizing, and watering, the patch was looking much better.

Sometimes one just has to stop and plant the flowers.