Hana Delivery

The top picture is of the flowers I had at the beginning of the day. The second picture are the flowers I had at the end of the day. No, they are not rare flowers that grow after being cut. They are flowers that were delivered to me. I got a call early this morning from someone who only spoke Japanese. I was pretty sure he used the word "Hana" which is the word for flower, but it is also the word for nose. But I didn't think anyone would be calling me about flowers or noses. But in his rambling he did say Soude Cho, which is my neighborhood. So I started to think he was a delivery man. I once had the delivery people call me before delivering the books I ordered from Amazon. And as I had recently ordered books from Amazon I was hopeful that this could be them. I said "kiyo" (today) in a question form and he said "hai" (yes). Then he said "mate" (wait). I said "hai". So I waited for awhile. Not a big problem as I was planning on staying home most of the day to do laundry. When he arrived he handed me the biggest bunch of flowers I had ever seen not bestowed on the winner of the derby or at a funeral. I just couldn't imagine who sent me flowers. And if he hadn't called first I would have assumed they were at the wrong place. Then I saw the card. It said "I love you, Mark". My husband (known for his thriftiness) sent me these beautiful, extravegant flowers. It took my breath away. Wow. I love you too Mark.

Now you are all required to sigh and say "Awwwww, isn't that sweet".