WEDNESDAY: Roses Lift Up the Spirit

It was a typical afternoon at the supermarket.  The usual items got piled into the cart. Then, I saw the special on roses, including sumptuous apricot colored ones.

     "Still too much,"  I thought. "But they are sooooo beautiful."  I wheeled  that supermarket cart right past the flowers and continued shopping. Before leaving the store, however, I returned to the flower department, picked up the gorgeous roses, and put them into the cart. 

Just as one needs food for the body,  flowers are food for the soul.

Once home, I laid them out on the counter and cut their stems.

 

Found my old-fashioned cut glass pitcher and filled it with water and the packet of rose food.

 

Two roses accidentally broke off but landed in their own gorgeous cut glass creamer.

Onto the table went a yellow damask tablecloth and yellow placements. Carefully, gently, as if handling gold, I carried the pitcher of  flowers to the table.

The result of this impulse purchase? ----a well fed soul and happy spirit, both of which are worth at least three times the final cost of the groceries.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU BOUGHT YOURSELF FLOWERS?