A Greenhouse Greeting Outside the Usual Rules
A greenhouse is usually a practical, partly private space: a place to tend plants, not to receive visitors. That makes the encounter memorable. The couple carried on an ordinary conversation there, while Blake treated being unclothed as no reason to interrupt the greeting or go inside to dress.
What the Story Reveals—and What It Doesn’t
The sharp contrast is between a familiar social ritual—welcoming a friend—and an unexpected choice about clothing. Blake’s calm response suggests that, in that moment, the couple’s comfort mattered more than following the visitor’s likely expectations. The anecdote does not explain why they were naked, or what they believed; its force lies in the simple mismatch between an everyday hello and an unusually informal setting.
