Skeptickle

It’s peony season again! Ever since they became my second favorite flower (right below dahlias), a smile lights my face and longing tugs my heart when I see them at the market. Too bad they have a short season and they’re pricey or else I’d bring a bunch home every week! I was so sad when I found out that neither were available within a reasonable price range around the time of our wedding. It would’ve seriously costed $8 per stem with a requirement to buy 100 stems at a certain online wholesaler. I ended up using a peony-rose hybrid for my bouquet and other personal flowers, which was much less costly and is available year-round . At first I thought I was settling, but they turned out to be almost as beautiful as peonies and they had the most heavenly scent of garden roses .

Here’s the one that my brother walked down the aisle with and placed on the seat my mother would have sat on if she were there:

Anyways, I’ll do an entire post on my wedding flowers with all the details at another time. Right now I’d like to present these babies that I got from TJs for $7!

Can you believe that at this time yesterday these were tight balls of unopened blossoms? My babies grew up too fast!

Okay, I know, enough of the flower porn. I should be working on my plans for ending poverty and alleviating global warming all at the same time. Off I go!