Random thoughts.
Holli at Starbucks remembered my name this morning...sort of (and that's my clue I go there too much). I just noticed the cup says Kate. That's what my family calls me, and it feels natural. However, it feels weird when friends and others call me Kate and not Katie.
Maybe I should start introducing myself as Kate instead of Katie? Hell, it might be fun to fully embrace the identity crisis I'm already going through. Now is as good a time as any.
Last summer my friend Ralph divided the cymbidium orchids he brought with him from SoCal when he moved here to NorCal and offered me a couple pots of the extras he had.
Before I moved into my apartment, these babies were exposed to the elements at the old house in a freak snowstorm we had, and like a true gardening soul, I thought of nothing except how my orchids were going to fare as I laid in a bed 20 miles away from my house. I was sure they were goners.
Thankfully, they pulled through and the pink one surprised me with a bloom stalk shortly after my move. I've been on Orchid Watch since then. And today... ahh. Beautiful.
Beauty in life and nature. Small things. Happiness. New beginnings.
