My cup runneth over.

Monday. And the bittersweet is out.

Monday, and I received two extraordinary gifts from two friends on an ordinary Monday.

From Rebecca, home from her half-marathon in New Hampshire: in this lovely seed-bag, with this lovely ribbon,

were these incredibly beautiful papers with my beloved bittersweet in graphic awesomeness.

From Beth, from outside the Met, and just like the long-admired one in her kitchen:

this painting was waiting for me in my kitchen when I came home...

...from cutting the first bittersweet {risking life and limb to do so, if you recognize the setting!}

{but for a good cause...}

Monday presents. Thank you to my friends.

Thankful for my friends. Thanks for reading.

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