story 249. beautiful ugly: no rules.

mentioned here already,

the gardenias are

acting a little

peculiarly.

flowering in late March?

logic says its due to

a long rainy summer.

or rather perhaps,

they simply

feel like doing

the unexpected

for a change.

snubbing their perfect little white noses

at the rules.

hoorah for that.

*

{observant folk might notice

there's been some progress with the outside tiles

 - compared to here -

yes, the balcony is nearly finished.

looking forward to using it as our

outside room soon enough.}