You're welcomed with rose-flavored tea, shown around lush grounds planted with rose bushes, then led to one of the nine rooms, each of which bears the name of a certain type of, yes, rose: White Crystal, Royal Gold and so on.
Many Scottish hearts, though, rise to demand yes votes.
They inhabit an area of cultural endeavor that -- coming a quarter-century after the birth of biotechnology and personal computers and, yes, the rise of Nasdaq -- is now seen not only as intellectually precocious but also, suddenly, improbably, as positioned in a fast lane pointed toward wealth, creature comforts and the freedom to choose what to make of one's life.
These point to a high turnout in the referendum, fewer undecided voters than in 2008, and a rising yes vote as the campaign has progressed.
That is the only reason I know, as I sit cross-legged under a thatched roof, that the fisherwoman's reply is an emphatic "yes" to whether rising fuel prices have hurt her family.
What is an eight-year-old going to make of that?" Salmond had gone into the debate buoyed by new poll findings from Ipsos Mori for STV that found the yes vote had risen by four points to 40%, with more undecideds switching to back independence, while the no vote remained static at 54%.
The white, bright California sun streaming in her window to remind her that, yes, she must rise and face another day of white noise.
"Yes, yes," a chorus rises from the audience.
