Seize the daisies

Ellie’s post yesterday inspired me to take a look around my own backyard, so to speak. But I’m really not supposed to be in the backyard, I'm supposed to stem my activities, so today’s post is all about the gorgeous flowers that are currently in my home.

I love cut flowers, I think they have the ability to completely transform a room, but I don’t have fresh cut flowers in my home all that often. I’m not sure why, I guess I balk at the expense, mostly, and the fact that they never seem to last long enough (much like that first beer, weekends and summer).

This week, however, our house is awash in flower arrangements. There are more flowers here today than I’ve ever had in my home at one time, as far as I can remember.

We've got white stargazer lilys:

We've got mixed bouquets:

more than one:

We've got tulips:

AND, we've got Gerber daisys, with roses:

It's so very nice, such a spirit booster. I totally agree with John Ruskin who once said, "Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity."