Sunday

I took him to see where I work. We wandered slowly through the yard of trees and shrubs, and passed the tables of annual flowers and the perennial benches. I describe the difference between the working greenhouses, our saleshouse, and the cold frames. He told me a story of when he was little and he overheard his mother and aunt talking about a greenhouse. He said that he envisioned a house in the color green. He was interested in my work and asked questions about this or that plant that we passed. A plant with purple-blue flowers and yellow leaves caught his eye. I laughed inside myself because the plan was named "Sweet Kate". He said it was a lovely name for such a lovely plant.