Inherited collection

Looking up through the leaves of a houseplant to a painted umbrella my sister brought me from Cambodia. She was there writing a story on UXOs. The umbrella has now hung from our ceiling for a decade. The plant was a rescue - I found it half-dead among garbage cans at a house someone had moved out of, so I heaved the pot into my car. The extra is a begonia I inherited from my friend Clarike up the hill. She died suddenly a couple years ago, and her husband Ed has become almost like family to us.

I stayed indoors much of the day, except when I zipped out to vote and ran the kids to various places. I didn't get much of my own work done, but did get to read in the sun during the afternoon, with the houseplants for company.