
They were giving away free roses at the supermarket checkout the other day. Long-stemmed but natural, like garden roses, the flowers still pinched into buds. I took a white one, and once back home, clipped the stem and set it in a big glass of water. A few hours later the petals started to open.
Normal, pre-pandemi…
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