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April 3, 2013 at 1:51 pm #30325
Lori Deschene
KeymasterFlowers always pick me up too! For a long time I thought of them as an unnecessary expense, but then I realized how much joy it brought me to have a bouquet of colorful gerbera daisies on my kitchen table. It never occurred to me to arrange my own bouquet, but what a great idea!
April 3, 2013 at 2:05 pm #30327Marilyn Briant-Rockmore
ParticipantI love flowers as well. My older sister is a master gardener and floral designer. For years I admired her beautiful creations, acknowledging her training and creativity which enabled her to produce such wonderful results. Then one day a couple of years ago, I decided to try my hand at arranging some artificial flowers. I became totally absorbed in the task, and without any knowledge of or training on how to do it, made a presentable arrangement. Since then I have made lots more – my home is full of beautiful flower arrangements and I have had many comments on how beautiful they are. Hey, you never know what you can do until you try, so go ahead, give it a go.
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April 3, 2013 at 8:13 pm #30422Kelly Nguyen
ParticipantOh I love flowers especially hand-picked exotic botanicals. It’s like a free gift from Mother Nature that’s meant to give us a healthy dose of happy.
May 2, 2013 at 6:06 am #35017Bob
ParticipantMay 2, 2013 at 6:07 am #35018Bob
ParticipantThis is totally off the spectrum of enjoying a vase full of freshly cut roses and burying my fingers in a pile of rich aromatic earth, I will agree. To regain my usual happy composure, I must confront my discomfort and seek to erase away the pain. It is imperative for me to crawl out of this quandary and raise my awareness to a whole new leve of thinkingl. For me a heavy dose of Thelonious Monk along with a pint of Guinness at home usually works quite well. If this is not an avenue of thought for you, does not agree or goes against the grain of your lifestyle. May I please ask for a pardon and your understanding?
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August 16, 2013 at 12:17 pm #40620Kim
ParticipantTim, what a wonderful idea 🙂 I’ve always loved flowers but never really think about getting them. A month into a breakup from a 2 year relationship and I think that would really help liven up my house. Thank you for posting this 🙂
December 8, 2013 at 12:28 am #46379sandy
ParticipantThanks for sharing, Tim. I think I’ll go find some flowers to cut and arrange tomorrow. I never was much into growing or buying flowers until I went and visited a friend with a flower farm. I spent a week helping her and watching her make arrangements. When I got home, I began to notice the flowers in my environment. Then I went out and cut some and made a pretty little arrangement. It was so fun!
I like using wildflowers since I’m too cheap to buy from floral shops. 🙂
March 30, 2014 at 5:56 am #53804sean
Participantall very good
March 30, 2014 at 7:46 pm #53842yawlie
ParticipantGreat things to know! Good idea..it would be fun.
Buying flowers for your own, I think, I’m gonna grab some for me.March 31, 2014 at 7:21 am #53867Luna
ParticipantI would save little jars or bottle, filled the bottom with rock or sand then go for a walk, hunting for the flowers at the park or near the neighbourhood x) i am so bad! But little naughty things like that makes life fun!!
I am a flower lover, thank you for this tip! I really should spoilt myself with some flowers to brighten my days 🙂May 8, 2014 at 8:48 am #56004Jim Darling
ParticipantFlowers are good … I mean the ladies love ’em … But when I’m really really sad (which is quite often as I suffer from chronic depression) I just go look the closest mirror when I wake up. My reflection confirms that I’m still alive and if one day there’s no reflection then I’ll still not be sad cos then I’d have nothing at all to worry about.
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