Technicolor Flowers
August 29th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
I bought these technicolor flowers and put them in my living room the other day. They are really a departure from my usual plain white Calla or Stargazer Lilies, definitely more elegant and sophisticated choices, but not necessarily more fun. These particular flowers were most certainly dyed; the evidence of which appeared the next day when the water in the vase turned a very soft shade of fuchsia.
They remind me of something out of a cartoon or one of those colorized black and white movies. You know the ones where the color is way too vibrant to actually be realistic?
I would probably not buy these to present to anyone who didn’t know me very well, or send them along with my condolences for a funeral. But I have to say that when I saw them in my local grocery store, I decided that they had to come home with me for no other reason than when I look at them, they make me happy. When you think about it, nothing else should really matter.
Sometimes it’s okay to treat ourselves to something ridiculously decadent, over the top, or just plain frivolous. Sometimes it is okay to do something simply because, when we do, it makes us smile. : )
