who doesn't like flowers?

Here's a flower, yet unplucked, freshly for you.
{pinkness by wallace santiago}
May your days filled with flowers or pretty autumn leaves, shots of sunshine or the calm of snow (when your warm inside marveling at its silence).

Funny aside about our fresh cut flower situation: They're difficult to find here. Our local market has a little section for flowers in long slender buckets. And they fill them with crispy, fake flowers--the color of urine in various stages of dehydration. Sorry, that may be too much information. They are in the fresh fruit + veg section, right next to the stoney tomatoes, and they always make me laugh or at least crack a smile or let out a little groan.

What do you think about (fake) flowers?

25 comments:

Blair McLeod said...

thanks for the flower! ;)

there are some really awesome fake flowers... depends on how they are used.. i have no problem with them. :)

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Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...

Fake flowers are dust collectors!

Nicki said...

beautiful flower and photograph! I particularly love the light spots in the background and how it makes the flower so much more magical! :]

I can go both ways with fake flowers. I hate the ones that are unnatural colors (like painted blue, or neon green).

stylenuggets said...

While there are some pretty fake flowers I prefer the real thing any day!

Natalie~Coffee and a Book Chick said...

A good flower does make the day a tad bit better...sigh! Lovely!

a little black cloud in a dress said...

I can't do fake anything. I don't like things that pretend to be something they're not. :] and they collect a lot of dust.

Andrea (Panda) said...

:) I struggle with fake flowers. I worked at a craft store and used the often but I also find them tacky...guess it depends on the use of them.

Lovely Blog!

Stacey said...

I mentioned my hatred for those suckers aka fake flowers on my blog some weeks ago! Plus, they do collect so much dust-Ugh! xx

Gracie said...

I do love flowers and I would like to get them more often. Or better yet grow my own so I can cut them and arrange my own little flower bouquet.

Fake flowers...it kind of depends on what they look like and how they feel. I've seen some great ones but more often they aren't that good.

Thank you soo much for your really wonderful comment and words of encouragement. They truly made me feel better!! Thanks for being amazing! *hugs*

little luxury list said...

Haha, I gotta admit there are a few nice fake flowers. I used fake dahlias for my bridesmaid bouquets and they photographed really well!

Lady Grey said...

I agree with Ren - they're just dust collectors!
Although I've seen some gorgeous silk flowers before.... even still, there's no replacing the real thing!

Anna Walker said...

I love the flower!

I am sorry about your crispy fake flowers!

Anna Walker said...

P.S. I hate fake flowers. my grandmother has them EVERYWHERE and they're just collecting dust and look old and are blech!

Ashley said...

I only like fake flowers for a cute hairdo. Other than that, why not get FRESH beautiful flowers? They make me so happy!

Unknown said...

It depend on the fake flower! Bloom uk does amazing expensive arrangements with fake flowers and as long as they're dusted they can look good!

Unknown said...

http://www.bloom.uk.com/

Signe said...

Not really into fake flowers, but some of them can look nice enough I guess!

Yet another thing I love about Holland, they have so many fresh flowers markets and they are really cheap so people keep the most amazing bouquets around all the time. Just amazing :)

k said...

they creep me out :) i don't like going to those big craft stores because they are full of them!

elena nuez said...

so beautiful!!!

Between us said...

great blog!

kisses :D

Scientific Housewife said...

Thanks, I love flowers :)

Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird said...

Eh, I prefer real flowers!

Tiffany Kadani said...

I just love fresh flowers! Fake ones? Blah!

kelli g. { bug miscellany } said...

oooh, those sounds....less than lovely? :P

i'm not a huge fan of fake flowers, but i don't keep fresh cut ones in the house anymore either. the kittens eat/barf up/repeat enough other things that i don't need to add a new intriguing thing for them to go after. ;)

Jessie said...

I am the fifth generation of a greenhouse business.. so there are no fake flowers here lol... but I agree that they do make so pretty awesome ones! Just found your blog.. am now following, check out mine if you get a chance!

xx
Jessie
http://87life.blogspot.com

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