An ensemble of Matthew's orchids!
My son sent some pictures of his orchids in bloom. They are spectacular--mostly grown outdoors or in a small, rigged-up green house he's built. He says they will still be in bloom when I visit, sometime between April 7 and April 14. Some of them have strange, exotic fragrances; the large yellow flowered one, Matt says, smells like musk perfume. I don't think I've ever sniffed an orchid for fragrance--content some how that the visual beauty was more than enough--so maybe a surprise for me. Out of Moline on Monday afternoon, landing in Oakland about 8pm, Lauren has a nice motel reserved; Matt has an old pickup truck I can use in San Jose...the trips seems to be pulling together, shaping up. Good!
