Escrow

We did it. The house is in escrow. This massive weight is lifted off my shoulders, and I realize I've been clenching those muscles for months now.

I want to write little notes to the couple who (God willing and the creek don't rise) will live here starting this summer and introduce my plants one by one.

It's as if the plants were waiting too, because just now (after the open house is totally over) the back yard is covered with tiny white petals from our spring-blooming tree. Just now are our tiger lilies growing robust green stalks by inches each day. Just now are the wisteria vines and lilac trees starting to bud.