In good "Portlandia" fashion, I spend brainspace thinking about the pros and cons of buying cut flowers. Here's how it goes:
- Isn't having tulips in your house in the winter kind of like buying blueberries from Chile in December?
- Were the flowers grown organically?
- How far did they travel?
- Shouldn't I forage some artistic looking sticks or cattails or pine cones instead?
- Shouldn't we spend our money elsewhere?
In the end, I broke down and just bought some flowers already! I opted for the sweet, delicate cheap variety: daisies and things that keep well when they dry, though I avoided the non-native "baby's breath" that we once saw rangers furiously trying to clear around Lake Michigan one summer.
I must say that the dose of color and smell and sense of life are doing the trick. And they are a reminder of the bounty to come. Right outside the door.
Fresh flowers always are a lift. I am too thrifty, but never w flowers. More than that, you can sketch them over a cup of coffee or tea.
ReplyDeleteWhile I was gone on my recent trip, I forgot to ask anyone to look in on my house plants. I came home to one that looks EXACTLY like the one in your first picture. Boo Hoo. I wonder if it will revive now that I've watered it. I don't think so. Surprisingly, my other plants look good - makes me think I may have been watering THEM too much.
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