Every morning, Maria checks her flowers and succulents inside the farmhouse.  She is the curator of the Windowsill Gallery, and it changes every, depending on how the plants look and where the sun is. I only rarely see her tend the flowers, but I was touched by the photo of her doing her morning check. Sometimes, she talks to the plants and moves them; sometimes, she feeds and waters them.

Maria loves snails, and her friend Jackie gave her several. She is pleased to have snails again. This is her favorite, climbing up the side, sucking up algae off of the small tank walls.