THE AGAVE BLOOMS BUT ONCE, THEN DIES... "...I wish I liked Catholics more.'
"They seem just like other people."
"My dear Charles, that's exactly what they're not--particularly in this country, where they're so few. It's not just that they're a clique--as a matter of fact, they're at least four cliques all blackguarding each other half the time--but they've got an entirely different outlook on life; everything they think important is different from other people. They try and hide it as much as they can, but it comes out all the time."
--Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
I'VE BEEN CREEPING ABOUT HUNTINGTON GARDENS AGAIN. THESE ARE ON A PERGOLA OUTSIDE THE SOUTHERN PATH RESTROOM.