a floral bacchanal

is going on in our house. Kim's chrysanthemums are still going strong after almost 2 weeks. The flowers my family sent me on Friday seem to be multiplying as the buds open up and jostle for space. I've separated the bouquet into 3 vases, and given some of it away, but even the remains of the original still dominate the dining room table.

We have stargazer lilies and yellow roses in the living room. Blue irises, petals curved and extended like breastroke kicks, with deep purple flowers (multilayered, look like roses, but aren't) in the kitchen. Sunflowers and greenery in the dining room. Each flower is a song and a work of art and a meditation. It's hard to pull myself away and back to my desk :-)