Souvenir de la Malmaison, 111
IT WORKED. Look at those bigger, fatter, beautifuller buds, cracking superbly open. . . .
Souvenir de la Malmaison, 11
. . . And a few hours later. Waiting for the storm. This is not just rain proof, this is supposed to be hurricane proof. With considerable heart-in-mouth reliance on the buffering effect of ten-foot walls around a small space. But that’s thirty six clothes pegs.* I wish I could remember what I bought that came in such a gloriously long swathe of bubblewrap so I could buy it again. The two bulges are the three-sided bags that laptops come in. I don’t think I can afford a new laptop every time it’s going to rain. Even every time it’s going to rain just before Souvenir is due to flower.
* I didn’t exactly count. They come in 36-peg packets and I used an entire packet.
Souvenir de la Malmaison, 1
The day before the rain began. Look at those big fat beautiful buds.