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The Joy of a Package

I always order garden plants in the spring. They’re usually something too unusual to find at my local garden centers. Or they’re cheaper by mail order. In the case of Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’, it was both. This variety of pineapple lily is still unusual enough to not be found locally in very many places. In the places where you can find them, they are expensive.

So I turned to The Internets. And I found a place that sells them inexpensively. And it’s not on the other side of the country. The name of the place I ordered from is Crownsville Nursery. I have to say, I’m really impressed with what they sent. The pots were huge, and the eucomis were healthy.

I got an email yesterday that said the plants were coming via UPS. All day long I tracked them… from Virginia… to Sparks, Maryland… to “delivered”. Woo hoo! When I got home, I tore in to the box. Beautiful, beautiful plants! I think I might order more stuff in the mail just so I can have more packages waiting for me when I get home from school. I don’t think there are many joys greater than having a package delivered to your home. Alright, alright… being nominated for an Academy Award is pretty exciting I imagine. And being promoted to CEO. And traveling to Italy. But if you’re not doing one of those, a package is pretty cool.

A box full of joy and sunshine.

5 Comments

  1. Beth

    I LIVE for packages in the mail! So much joy waiting for my package…I don’t even mind paying the shipping costs…just to have the brown box sitting on the porch…or the UPS guy knocking at the door…

    *sigh* I need more packages…

  2. Lauren

    “A box of joy and sunshine”? It’s a box of sticks, straw and dirt. I think you mistakenly got the little pigs’ delivery.

    • Peggy

      Hehe … you funny Lauren!

      “the plants are healthy?” I don’t even see any plants? Are they the sticks?

      And I do agree packages are awesome!! I rarely get any packages, but sometimes I open the neighbor’s, by mistake.

    • Deborah

      HA!

  3. Carol

    TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN:

    I believe there has been an error in the delivery of a package to the home of one Mr. B. Royuk, originally intended for T. L. Pigg. If Mr. Royuk would be so kind as to repackage the sticks, straw and dirt and leave the box on his porch for pick-up Monday morning, we would be happy to release the fancy schmancy plants you ordered, currently held in our wearhouses. We apologize for our error, pointed out to us by T.L. Pigg, currently unable to build their humble homes as a result of it. (We hear they are “making do” with a load of bricks instead, much to our chagrin.)

    Respectfully,

    –Mr. B.B.Wolf, new CH&PO (Chief huffing and puffing officer), UPS

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