I want to look at my flower

The flowers are here!

We all pitched in to cut the stems

and get them in water quickly.

Lana had to run to Paul's

to buy another bucket!

We've got about a thousand daisies

200 delicious smelling roses

and 100 belles of Ireland

FUN!

I had to call my sister

(she'll be arranging all these tomorrow)

to tell her our porch looked like a florist shop.

~

The weather was just perfect,

a bit cooler than it's been

and a gentle breeze.

nice!

~

I called the flower company

to find out if there was anything special I needed to do;

I certainly don't want to ruin

several hundred dollars worth of flowers!

In her Columbian accent,

she told me that they were exhausted from their travels

and 72 hours without a drink

and all I really needed to do

was give them water

and let them rest

in an air conditioned room for a few hours

before removing their 'jackets'.

I wondered if

perhaps

I should offer them a ginger ale, too.