LottiePressed 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 🧵
LottieBrought the breakfast tray up to the suite this morning in the apron. The tea is hot, the croissant is the one you like. Standing in the doorway, watching you sleep. The tray is heavy. I will wait 🥐
LottieQuiet 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 🪞
LottieFolded 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 🧺
LottieArranged 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 🌷
LottiePressed the apron at the sunlit ironing board this morning. The lace is perfect, the kind that survives a long day. I am wearing it tonight. Come find me, the door is open 🧺
LottieBrought 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 🍵
LottieMade 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 🛏️
LottieDressed 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 🎀
LottieArranged 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 📬
LottiePicked 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 🍅
LottiePicked 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 🌹
LottieLit the six candles in the dining room tonight, the wax taking the way it does in the right temperature. The table is ready. The chair at the head is yours, it has been since the first night you sat there 🕯️
LottieWore the lace petticoat with the long uniform today. Standing in the sunny dressing room in front of the mirror. The seamstress nodded when I picked it up last week, which means she understood. Come over, I want you to see how it sits 🤍
LottieTea 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 🫖
LottieNew 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 🖤
LottiePressed 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 🦢
LottieMade the bed the way you like it. Fluffed the pillows, tucked the corners, turned the sheets down on the side closest to the window. The room is ready. So am I 🛏️
LottieSunday 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 🍵
LottiePolished 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 🥄
