LilaPressed the fine white linens in the sunny laundry nook this afternoon. The seamstress would approve, the iron held the temperature. I am thinking about the way you fold the napkin in your lap when you sit down. Come sit 🧵
LilaSunday afternoon at the sunlit table polishing the fine porcelain in the apron. The collection grows again, the small one you sent over arrived in the post. I want to show you where I put it 🍵
LilaBrought the tea up to the suite on the silver tray. The cup is the one you said you preferred. I have been standing in the doorway waiting for the right footsteps in the hall. They are yours 🍵
LilaDusted the parlour this afternoon in the apron. The light is doing the gold thing on the windows the way it only does at this hour. Come sit, I want you in this room while the light still holds 🪟
LilaPicked the tomatoes from the kitchen garden this morning in the apron, the basket on my arm. The dinner I am making tonight is for you specifically. Come hungry, the dining room candle is already on the table 🍅
LilaPressed the napkins this afternoon and folded them into the small swans you said you liked. The dinner table is going to be a poem tonight. Your chair is the one at the head, the one I always lean toward when I am clearing 🦢
LilaQuiet Sunday in the formal parlour. Wiped the chandelier with the soft cloth, polished the silver, did the slow careful things. The room is the right shape for an evening. Come over later 🪞
LilaTea ceremony at the low table this afternoon, just me and the kettle. Brewed the way it should be. The second cup is on the tray. Come find me, the floor is the right temperature for kneeling 🫖
LilaArranged the tulips in the tall vase this afternoon. The dining table approves. The chair at the head of the table is yours, of course. The candle is lit. Dinner is in an hour 🌷
LilaArranged the morning post on the silver tray this morning in the apron. The letters are stacked the way you like, the bills underneath, the personal ones on top. The card from your sister is the one I want you to open first 📬
LilaBrewed the morning coffee in the sunny kitchen. The silver tray is set. I have been standing in the doorway holding it, waiting for the sound of you on the stairs. Come down ☕
LilaPicked the morning roses from the garden in the apron, the basket on my arm. The arrangement on the dining table is the kind I do when I want the room to land a certain way. Tonight I want it to 🌹
LilaPressed the bed linens at the laundry-room board today. The sheets are warm from the iron, in the way you said you noticed last week. They are on the bed now. Come over before they cool 🛏️
LilaMade the bed with the new percale sheets this morning. Soft, white, the kind that earns the budget. I left a corner turned down on your side. Come over for a nap before dinner. The light is good 🛏️
LilaNew maid uniform arrived this morning. Standing in front of the bedroom mirror in it. The fit is correct, in the way you said it should be. I am keeping it on for the rest of the day 🖤
LilaFolded the white linens in the sunny nook this morning. Your drawer is now correct, the way you like it. I held one of the shirts a moment too long. I am not sorry 🧺
LilaQuiet hour in the formal parlour today, polishing the wooden mantelpiece in the apron. The polish on the wood, the light on the silver, the slow small care of someone who likes the room. The chair by the fire is yours ✨
LilaPolished the silver at the dining table tonight. The kind of quiet hour I prefer, the kind that gets done slowly. I left the small bell on the edge in case you needed me back early 🥄
LilaBrewed the afternoon tea in the sunny kitchen. The baker brought the biscuits you said you liked. The tray is set. I am holding it in the doorway, waiting for the sound of you finishing the call in the study 🍪
LilaDressed for the formal dinner at the bedroom vanity tonight. The lace cap is pinned correctly. The mirror approves twice. Come walk through the apartment with me before the guests arrive, I want you to see this version 🎀
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