girls have picked them every one.~~folk song of same name, by Pete
Seeger and Joe Hickerson (also first to record KumBaYa), after Senator
McCarthy interrogated them (1956; McCarthyism); song gained popularity
thru-out the 60s, sung at peace rallies
Earlier I was researching, describing, and selecting a wide array of
flowers for my friend who just got engaged and will be marrying at the
end of Jan, beginning of Feb. I couldn't simply paste a pic into
eMail, since my friend is blind and that would be defeating the
purpose. so there i am, describing petals and leaves without waving my
arms around to help you visualize my words (and to help me speak, cuz
ya'll know i can't just say something without keeping my fingers and
arms busy. i contort my face and mouth words silently as i type,
fingers flying almost as fast as i can talk. when i am talking with my
guy, i often am driving, or knitting, or crocheting and keeping my
fingers and hands occupied. if i were tied up, i would be rendered
speechless. pervs. wink)
her sister had sent her a list of winter wedding flowers and a list of
year-round wedding flowers. it's from those lists that i then reviewed
the selections. below is an excerpt of what i had to say in my email
to my friend:
these are *only* suggestions, k? you won't
hurt my feelings at all if you go with something different. i made the
suggestions so that you might have a smaller range of options and not feel so
overwhelmed, but if you like something entirely different, it is *your* day and
you should make it special for you!!
my top choices for bouquets: winter wedding flowers~~ Ranunculus
(fave of bunch for you), sweet pea (fave of bunch for *young maid of honor, her 11 yr old daughter*); camillas;
daffodils; tulips; year-round~~calla lily is tres chic, very elegant with no
other accompaniment other than a simple bouquet of long stems of these (for
you); lily of the valley (for *young maid of honor, her 11 yr old daughter*); gladiolus might be a good
choice for you, if you'd like lots of color with a friendly familiar flower
(might be too large for the girls)
perhaps the flower girl can have petals of a mixture of larger scented blooms,
or very small individual blooms in a basket; i was at one wedding that
gave the flower girl a basket of confetti to toss and one that used a mixture
of bird seed and rice (i know those are traditional for after the
ceremony) sometimes, the flower girl has a small simple bouquet and does
not toss anything (saves on clean up and also can keep a small child on task,
instead of having lots of stuff to remember)
maybe if you did calla lilies for your bouquet, you could do lily of the valley
for your hair-piece, katie's bouquet, and the flower-girl's. just an
idea.
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Does your friend prefer or dislike a certain flower's scent? That's the route I'd go.
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Russ
Just ran by to say hello! Hope everything is going well :)
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