late bloomer

Every spring, with hope in our hearts, we plant a few flowers and vegetables in Block Island and in Missouri, prune and drown the plants on the windowsill in New York—and hope for the best. Typically, in the fall, we return to find nary a trace of our spring plantings. This year, however, one of the sunflowers given to us by by Ms Oceanluna appears to have thrived at Claudia's Surf City so successfully that Ana had to prop it up with her old broom. She sent us this picture, which we're glad to have, for it will be a month til we're back on the Island, and it's proof that something grew.