She baked a ham, set some yams in a casserole dish to bake, opened a can of corn, and stirred up some brownies. That’s an easy meal to fix for company but that’s what is, she decided. She was almost embarrassed by her lack of effort when Art showed up with a bouquet of fresh flowers from Samantha’s Flower Shop. Nobody had brought her flowers since Nora brought her flowers from the yard or flower garden. She gasped at the beautiful spring bouquet. The pleasure showed all over her face as she took them to the kitchen and put them on the table. Art thanked his lucky stars that he had followed his sudden impulse yesterday on the way home from work to swing by Samantha’s. Finally he had done something right. “Thank you so much,” she turned to him with a smile after she had placed them on the table. “I am so ready for spring, aren’t you? I feel that we have been in a drought this winter.” A curious thing to say, Art thought considering it wasn’t Christmas yet.
