Snowdrops. A little bunch of happiness sitting ona sunny windowsill. A sign of hope that the wind and rain will eventually blow away and spring will come.
A couple of years ago, I tried each week to pick a bunch of flowers from the garden or fields to bring into the house. Some weeks my bunches were very, very small – think more buttonhole than bouquet – and if the flowers still looked good after the week ended then they sometimes counted for the following week too. Actually, even if they didn’t look that good, they stayed some weeks as I realised that a little decay can be tolerated. It was fun and made me appreciate what’s growing around the place so I thought I’d give it another go this year.
This time I’m being rather more realistic and aim to keep a bunch of something fresh in the house for most of the time. January proved a little difficult as my garden is pretty much all dirt and bare branches but I found a couple of things to pick. Before you ask – that is a rose that I picked a few days ago and fresh things left to dry can also count.
Do you have fresh flowers in your house? Are they home picked?
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