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| Roses and lilies...a favorite combination |
A lot of people don’t like cut flowers. My late grandmother-Big Mama-was one of
them. I didn’t learn about this until after I once sent her a floral
arrangement for her birthday. Of course, being the typical grandmother, she
thanked me profusely and made a big fuss over them. But my mother later told me
of Big Mama’s preference to see flowers outside in their natural state.
I agree with her to a point. I’m not a fan of those stiff, perfectly arranged, funeral-looking concoctions. But over the past few years, grabbing a couple of bunches of flowers at the supermarket and loosely “arranging” them has become a guilty pleasure of mine. And I don’t have to feel too guilty. I figure a few cents a day is a fair price to pay for an instant pick-me-up. Maybe if I could grow one of those lush cottage gardens with a profusion of color right outside my windows, I’d be more inclined to leave flowers in the ground. But since my thumb is more brown than green and my space is limited, I derive pleasure from nature’s beauty brought inside where I can view it often and up close and personal.
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| Yellow lilies, instant pick-me-up on a drizzly day |
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| These were growing on the side of my house. I saw them and enjoyed them a lot more when I brought them inside. |
It might not be normal,
the lift I get each morning from walking into the kitchen and seeing an
explosion of color. I love watching roses or lilies or tulips slowly unfold from
tight, compact buds into large and impressive blooms. Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but I find a life lesson in how mature
blossoms seem willing to open up and receive more light, becoming more lovely
in the process. Talk about aging gracefully. Much can be learned from a
bouquet of cut flowers.
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| The pleasure doubles when cut flowers remind us of love and friendship. |
