Mexican artist Ladislao here portrays a simple woman with flowers, children, and a trailing street dog.  I imagine she is on her way to work, selling flowers in the market. This site is about the flowers I sell in an academic market. Sometimes I can sell them; sometimes they wither, unsold. But I've learned to smell them, either way, and I'm learning to take time for family and creatures, which are still there everyday when I return from the marketplace.