010 - The Odd Leftover Lot

Dream fulfillment often comes in surprising packages.   Seventy years ago, a second-grader brought home a milk carton containing a single cactus stalk; forty years ago, a single woman flew 2000 miles to her new home with a few scraggly cuttings tucked away in a suitcase;  and now both are part of an enviable garden that graces their dream home, built on a lot that nobody else wanted.