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I Buy Myself Flowers: Iris~

Today my beautiful lady has been filled with what I believe is chamomile, and purple asters, which you can’t quite see in this photo, but maybe the top-down one below, and iris.. Cost for flowers, about $20 @ Trader Joe’s(TJs).

Sometimes I buy flowers at other places, Sprouts, Von’s, Whole Foods, or a garden center, but TJs flowers last the longest, typically, for me, two weeks. I don’t put the flower food packets in, but I do put in ice cubes, and add some every other day. I think the cold helps (though I do not know what I think that!). I also strip off any leaves that might hit the water level and go mush. Yuck! I think TJs must get their flowers in from the farm quicker than other stores for them to last so well.

Just an extra heads-up, TJs had one of my favorite things this week:

The smell of a tomato plant, the leaves, the stem, is one of my favorite smells on Earth. This is exactly it. I’m a bit allergic to the plants, so I cannot rub it on my pulse points, but if you’re not, you could! Like rosemary, the scent transfers well to skin!

I grabbed three of those candles (greedy), and turned to my cart, and one leapt from my hands, and I accidentally punted it, trying to catch it. I found it two rows over. Yes, Philadelphia Eagles, you can call me. I’m so glad I didn’t bean anyone in the brain!

Anywho… if you love flowers, buy yourself some. It’s okay to make your world pretty, no matter who you are.

xo~

Di

PS. Most flowers I buy last a full two weeks! Just keep the water clean, cold, & fresh.

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I Buy Myself Flowers: Yellow Is the Inspo~

Today my beautiful lady has been filled with what I believe are gerbera daisies. Cost for flowers, about $20 @ Trader Joe’s.

I had gerberas in my wedding bouquet by necessity and not choice. Unfortunately my April wedding came to be about two weeks after the ranunculus were spent and gone. I wanted ranunculus, because they have a wind-blown look. I wanted orange, and my sister had an orange dress. We both had our dresses made by Kevin Simon, who seems to have vaporized since she once had a very pricey store on Abbott Kinney Boulevard. Kevin made everything in linen, and she was a master of sort of vintage-farm looking clothing, like late 1800s. I loved her work and could not afford any of it, so I splurged on my dress and my sister’s, assuming I was only getting married once. A regular skirt at Kevin’s was over $500. My wedding dress and my sister’s MOH dress combined were $1000. The back bottom of my dress had tulle orange flowers pinned to it. My dress was linen with a silk slip, and my sister’s was orange silk. I’ve since lost about 70 pounds, and I left the dress at Goodwill in Delaware when I moved, but I kept all the organza flowers.

In any case, I do have to say I’m not usually a gerbera girl, except when needs must. But today the yellow (which is a lot lighter in real life) on the flowers screamed, “Butter!” at me, with just a hint of orange at their centers, and so I was compelled. Mixed them with orange and some green greenery, et voila!

The little pumpkin/squash you see there I plan to eat, not carve. LOL. Roasted pumpkin in things is divine! As are these lovely gerbera. Ranunculus are actually not great cut flowers, so droopy.

It is a blessing to have flowers anywhere in the world, of any kind, and especially on my very sunny kitchen counter. Buy the flowers, hold them high, and repeat after me, “Here’s to the times we bless others, and also to the times we bless ourselves!”

Have a wonderful week~

PS. Most flowers I buy last a full two weeks! Just keep the water clean and fresh.