First bloom of this season!
My husband's friend, Richard Reel, worked for the water company. His job was to turn on and off the water. Sometimes, when he had been sent over this way to cut someone's water off for not paying their bill, he would hang around here and help my husband for a while. Most times, as soon as the water was cut off, that person would hurry to the office to pay up. Then they would call Richard to tell him to cut it back on. He would still be in the neighborhood.
He was a good friend. One of those people who know how to help without getting in the way. He brought me this flower a few years back and I planted it in front of the ancient fence. This year he will not be by to see it. He went in for a simple gall blader operation last year and had a stroke during the operation. He was kept on life support for a few days, then went home to be with the Lord.
