We have greatly enjoyed our finally-discovered local farmers market for the last couple of months. In addition to the usual vegetables, berries, and now apples, I scored some wonderful maple syrup, and know where I can find locally produced honey. And every week there are flowers, huge bunches for $5.
Four weeks ago I bought a couple of monochromatic bunches that included eucalyptus, cat tails, and these wonderful spiny green globes. After enjoying them in water for a couple of weeks, I dumped the water and let them dry in place. I figured I'd have a lovely dried arrangement for the winter but then...
One of those green globes popped open to reveal a pod full of fluffy white seed parachutes. Agh! Unless I want the house to look like Cottonwood Canyon, that is simply not going to work.
This morning I discarded my "flowers," and not a moment too soon. What are those green things, anyway?
4 comments:
Aw, the kittens would have had fun with those fluffy seed pods! :-)
My point exactly!
Why, those are the seeds of the Pod People, of course! You've just narrowly escaped becoming one of them.
OMG, MBS! That was close! (Yay! You're still here!)
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