The giant orb of the allium, the black-eyed Susan, the cosmos, summer bloomers all, combine nicely to announce the coming of a new season. These are simple flowers. Though maybe not so rustic as the sunflower, they are deserving of such descriptors as "not elaborate or showy, modest and unostentatious." I enjoy my explorations of "simple."
Fittingly, after completing my first arrangement, I left the remainder of the flowers in the galvanized flower bucket used for conditioning the flowers. They looked perfectly at home there.
As Ariel and I talked about our arrangements last week, we observed that "center and centering" predominate in my flowers. They are "centered on Summer," we might say. Ariel's, we agreed, seemed a little drowsy. They might be going to sleep--or waking up. (Naps and napping are always sweet but perhaps specially so in summer!)
Many encourage us to "slow down and smell the flowers." I enjoy "listening to them," too. I'm confident these are whispering, "Welcome, Summer!"
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