Goose Gourd

Goose Gourd Bouquet

During our road trip through Bolton, CT, my son and I spotted an off road farmer's stand on the other side of the street. It had several vases of floral arraignments visible from the road with a sign that said $6.00. We stopped and thought it would be nice to bring flowers home to Donna. My son, Joe, got out of the car and walked over to the stand to see what they had. He had bought flowers from this farmer before and knew they were honest and reasonable. Way in the back of the shelf, he spotted this bouquet.

He came back to the car empty handed and told me he saw a beautiful arraignment for $20.00 and he had to get more money. I gave him $10.00 and he had $10.00 in his pocket. He came back to the car with this heavy gourd in both hands. It was comical to watch when he tried to open the car door all the water poured out on his shirt. Of course, once I stopped laughing, I got out to help him.

I never expected anything like this! There was a little note attached to this bouquet saying that when the flowers go bad, the gourd is edible. It is called a Goose Gourd; the photo shows why. Needless to say, his wife, Donna, loved this little surprise.

Pretty Pink Flower

I haven't posted any photos of flowers lately, so I thought I'd add this one taken last May. I didn't post it before because I have no idea what kind of flower it is, unless it is a Peony of some sort. Maybe some of you might know what it is.

This flower was part of a get well bouquet sent to my daughter after her operation. I was there in CT because she couldn't be left alone and I was the only one who could get time off. Since I couldn't go outside until she was able to be out walking around, I had to shoot whatever I could find in the house. I like this composition and love this flower.