Fern update: Repotted fern is hanging in there. Still looks to be a little bewildered at its new home, yet happy to have room to grow and stretch its roots.

Rose update: Not happy, though, is the rose bush with lavender flowers. On the entire bush only one shoot had buds, and all four of them bloomed at once! Sweet! Until yesterday. Some incredibly rude person went to pick one of them, and broke the stem for all of them. Accident? Intentional? That’s between the perpetrator and the rose bush. Imagine 3 lavender roses in bloom hanging pathetically. Sad!

Why not leave it in its natural environment for everyone who walks by to enjoy?

So then I saw Steve Rubel’s post today, on his blog Micro Persuasion, entitled, Fear of Losing Control Unites Us All. Hmm, maybe I’m just being a control freak. Admittedly, organizers need a bit of control freak-ness in their nature. I mean really! Just imagine, you’ve hired a professional organizer to help you straighten out your office and they keep answering your questions with, “well, you know, if you want…” Geez, you’ll be there ’til the end of time!

Maybe the person who tried to take one rose really needed something to take with them to brighten their day. Like I said, that’s between the perpetrator and the rose bush.