Flowers

As you know by now, Wednesday was my birthday - and Don brought me roses - pretty, perfect, sweet smelling roses. He brings me flowers all the time - and I mean ALL the time. Sometimes on Fridays - to celebrate the end of a week and the coming weekend, sometimes on Thursdays just because, and always on holidays. This past christmas I had many bouquets of flowers placed all around the house.

He recently discovered a new store - with more flowers and different ones than our usual stores - so he came home with these roses.

Are these not the most perfect roses you've ever seen?

There are bouquets of Iris and lilies. You can see that he even brings me flowers when we are busy packing to move (see the boxes in the background?)

And gladiolas to brighten my day . . .

Pretty all-white flowers on a wintery day . . .

Spring time tulips and white miniature roses . . .

And always carnations - sometimes with Baby's Breath, sometimes with mums - sometimes just by themselves - but always Carnations. The scent is pure heaven!!!

During tulip season there are tulips galore . . .

And sometimes bouquets of water lilies blossoms- now THOSE are hard to pick!!!

And daffodils - so many daffodils - 50 in a bouquet - arms-ful of daffodils - all colors and styles of daffodils - usually daffodils for my birthday - daffodils whenever they are in the stores - daffodils on rainy days - daffodils on sunny days.

I am very spoiled!!!!

I have a lot of vases - some tall - some short - some fance - some plain - but all loved . . .

I like to use tiny salt shakers for bouquets of violets that he picks from our yard . . . I need a lot of vases when Don brings flowers so often . . .

Sometimes I use vintage green glass salt shakers
that have lost their lids . . .

Sometimes an old green measuring cup . . .

I use whatever strikes my fancy - and all look wonderful when filled with flowers . . .