Carolyn's flowers are so brilliantly beautiful this year, especially the tulips. They're the kind that have been bred so the blossoms burst out rather than staying in a nice cup-like shape. They're also striped and almost florescent in color. They looked so beautiful that Carolyn volunteered to provide arrangements for the women's group pulpit in church this morning.
Now wanting to be perfectly prepared she cut the flowers yesterday afternoon and even purchased some marbles so that they'd work better with the vases we have. The arrangements looked absolutely gorgeous last night as we turned out the lights.
So you can imagine her chagrin this morning when she walked into the kitchen to find all the tulips bent over the edge of the vases, their heavy heads just too much for their stems. Did she panic? She did not. My bride of 40 years doesn't let a little thing like droopy tulips both her.
Let's look a little closer at this beautiful flower arrangement. You'll notice a pile of what we used to call pipe cleaners next to the vase. But they're much too flimsy to hold up a flower.
Moving in even closer you can see that Carolyn has wound a pipe cleaner around each stem along with a straight ball point pen. It looks like she's been able to find mostly green pens but even the white one in the back doesn't really stand out.Needless to say, Carolyn received rave reviews about her flowers this morning.
Tulips are my favorite flowers. They are truly amazing to watch as they bloom in very harsh circumstances. Unfortunately, they generally don't last long once cut. Way to go Carolyn for holding their heads up high (we all need some help once in awhile).
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