Day Seventy-Eight

For two days there was no rain.  The ground faded from dark reddish brown to a lighter brown color.  The lilies' color seemed paler too.  

The second day several tall lilies were bent over the ground, their stems broken.  I did not know whether it was from weakness or because the dogs had been playing in the garden.

I picked up the broken lilies and put them in water in the kitchen.