This is Phalaenopsis my new office mate. She sits on my desk looking pretty and purple reminding me that the weather outside (where I can't go because I have to work *pout*) is beautiful and sun-shiny.

Phalaenopsis and I met at the grocery store and she asked politely if she could be my new office mate. She'd heard that I was feeling lonely in my office despite my bulletin board of happiness (which you can see by the door in the next picture).

I warned her that I was a bad office mate. I often forget to offer my office mate water and food. Sometimes I relegate my office mate to a too small area of the office. But Phalaenopsis said not to worry. Just the sheer prettiness that she adds to the drap office decour will be enough to remind me to appreciate and care for her. And so, I brought her home with me to meet Kevin (who warned me that Phalaenopsis was already living in cramped quarters and ought to have a bigger home), but Phalaenopsis assured me that she'd be fine for a few weeks. She likes her place of prominence on my desk. While she doesn't like being so close to the printer (noisy and vibratey), she recognizes that it is better than the other side of the desk from which she might be knocked to the ground. And much much better than the windowsill that always smells like smoke because of the students who stand outside smoking.