A woman's husband, Owen, dies. Against the advice of her twin daughters who tell her to move into an old folks' home, she stays in their large house and tries and keep his garden alive. The twins push, especially when they see her cry, but she is insistent. She says that the memories is too important for her to leave. She would rather stay and write where she is used to than go somewhere else. Some days, she just drinks instead. When she drunkenly lashes out at her daughters over a call after she sees her husband's dog, Pink, asleep at her feet, they decide not to talk to her anymore. As the seasons change, she tends to the garden, and always thinks about her dead husband. She prepares herself mentally to let go of her life with him. She gets lonely and picks up the phone when her daughters call again. She wants to hang up immediately, so she pretends that the dog is sick, and is surprised to see that Pink actually is sick. The vet says that it's just old age. The twins continue to call as their mother's condition slips. Memories from her childhood start to come to mind. Even when the twins visit, she is too drunk to function.