The best flowers are free flowers

Despite my disdain for over priced floral bouquets, I really do love fresh flowers. The best of all flowers are those picked from my own yard (actually, even better are those picked from other people's, or even better still- public property, but I would never do that.)

Lily and Ben each picked me a fistful of daffodils yesterday. I lured them inside with the promise that we'd photograph their flowers and post the pictures here (they get a big kick out of seeing themselves on the screen.) Lily filled a vase with water and her sweet bouquet is below. Those are Ben's underneath. He took my direction of "putting them in water" quite literally and stuffed his in Penelope's water bowl while I was dealing with his sister. He was quite impressed with himself for doing it alone and proudly pointed them out to me.

I have to give him credit-- he did put them in water. Since turning 2
his hearing has become quite selective and he rarely listens to me
these days. I'm happy to take what I can get.