the grocery store

These were taken at Western Supermarket. The great thing about walking into this flower departments is that it is almost all natural light. Another bonus? The fridge walls are black, which mean awesome contrast.

the kind of spiders i love

i made a promise to myself-i wouldn’t buy any store bought flowers while my garden is still flowering. but i missed these mums! besides, i forgot the darn eggs & had to return to the grocery store…to make myself feel better, i bought these. ~amy

mum is perfect

this wee ‘vase’ (salt shaker) sits on my desk with a few other vases–holding only mums.

gardens remain mum

i planted two types of white mums last spring. i bought them in the grocery store, i believe they were intended as mother’s day gifts. i took them home & separated them into three sections, planting them in a hodge-podge way. i watched them struggle through the heat of Alabama summers. i wondered if they…

ok gorgeous, shine on

This is an Akila White Improved or Osteospurmum–grown in Shelby County, Alabama.  Woohoo, buy local. support your neighbors, plant flowers & bring life all around you.