On the way home from a Friday trip to the dentist AND a walk by the lake with Karl, I noticed a sign in a new Bigfork floral shop that said “SALE”. I had been thinking about getting some flowers to try floral macro photography. I forgot that it was the day before Valentines Day.

The shop owner and her partner were madly assembling red rose arrangements. They looked at me with harried faces and I told them what I had come for, but that I could come back on Monday when things were not so hectic. They laughed and said, “No!”. They said they could use a break from roses and spent 15 minutes helping me pick 4 flowers and yacking with me about flowers, photography, winter and life in general. And regardless of the glut of red roses in the shop, I couldn’t resist buying one – the buds were beautiful.

I had great fun putting two photos of the rose together for the An Abstraction post. And the light was best on the floor so I had the help of Bob and Karl… I love the color of the Gerber Daisy closeup which reminds me of creamsicles. But I won’t be giving up walking outside and capturing those things that I love and that are part of my life and will save the macro mostly for those things that I see and find.

I used to have fresh flowers in the house most of the time. I’m not sure when I stopped doing that, but I will start again. And, it was such fun in the flower shop. They asked me to bring prints to show them. So, although floral macro might not be my thing, I made new friends and rediscovered the pleasure of flowers in the house.

15 minutes.