When I got home from my overnight shift this morning, the flowers were still closed-up for the night:

I look forward to seeing them later in the day...
From the clippings pile: David M. Shribman's NYT piece on journalist Wendell Smith, "Hall of Famer Whose Pen Charted Path for Jackie Robinson." Shribman quotes Brian Carroll: "Acknowledged as the most skilled writer of his time, 'Smitty' has been overlooked simply because he was black."

I look forward to seeing them later in the day...
From the clippings pile: David M. Shribman's NYT piece on journalist Wendell Smith, "Hall of Famer Whose Pen Charted Path for Jackie Robinson." Shribman quotes Brian Carroll: "Acknowledged as the most skilled writer of his time, 'Smitty' has been overlooked simply because he was black."