If you're a friend of
It started last year. I was invited to K's birthday party. It was a pleasant gathering, as parties at their place always are. The highlight of this party, however, was the daffodils. K had filled the house with daffodils. It was positively bursting with them. No surface was without a flower or three. It was a wonderfully springy feeling. When asked why, K told us, "because I like daffodils."
Later that fall, I was planting my prairie garden and both halves of
When the daffodils came up this Spring, I couldn't wait for them to bloom and thank
So when I started seeing K's posts counting down the days to her daughter's wedding, I knew the time had come. The daffodils were blooming. K was bound to grow more stressed over the various wedding preparations as the day approached. A little token of joy would be just the thing.
So after Minicon, I went shopping with my friend Ctein. We stopped in a Pier 1 because there was a line of furniture they carry that I wanted to check out. While poking around the shop, I discovered they were having a sale on all their glass vases. Serendipity again! So I purchased five bud vases, figuring that I would drop off one daffodil for
So every morning for the last week, I've driven over to the home of
At first, I wasn't sure things were going over as planned. Then K started posting her thanks to her LJ and I knew I was on the right tack. Throwing a little delightful confusion into their lives and giving them a little snippet of joy each day has made me smile.
(Plus, sneaking up and leaving a flower on someone's doorstep has made me feel alternately like a kid on May Day and a secret agent. Fun, fun, fun.)