Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. I’ve harvested peas and strawberries and escarole this week — and seen two other exciting signs: Above is a black swallowtail caterpillar on one of my bronze fennel plants. And below are flowers in my potato patch, which have sprouted to ridiculous heights this year.

2. As I’m already on his side of the river, I text Sergio to see if he’s interested in a drink. (As it’s a Sunday afternoon, I do imagine it might be apple juice in a sippy cup.) He invites me to the playground to hang out with him, his wife, and his young children, and then later back to their place for supper on their balcony, which feels particularly kind.

3. Rebecca invites me to her place, where I get to see her beautiful rainbow bookshelves (it wouldn’t work for me, but I love that it does for her), before we head up to her building’s roof deck for snacks, a panoramic view of the city set to the National Cathedral’s bells, and a fluorescent sunset on an absolutely gorgeous evening.

What’s been beautiful in your world lately?