And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Matthew 6, 28 & 29

The Stella d’Oro Lily – “Star of Gold”

Every year, like clockwork, the Stella d’Oro lilies outside our kitchen window come into bloom.  And every year, like clockwork, I become Katharine Hepburn.  I come back inside and say to Mr. Merillion, “The lilies are in bloom again.”

And here’s Katharine:

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