A close acquaintance took me to task for having artifical bouquets in my house. He says that it's cheating nature. I should have great bursts of poppies and roses, daffodils in season and a sprinkle of fern in every corner. I say, I love flowers in bloom around the clock all the year. Don't get me wrong—I do have plants and buy fresh flowers on occassion, but I'm too busy . . . to smell the roses. Is there any crime in this, I ask you?
Blooming Annoyed in St. Meinrad, IN
Dear Blooming:
Not only is it acceptable to display artificial flower arrangements, it is essential to have your corners filled to take the boxy edges from any room. Some of these arrangement, I know, are damned expensive running into the thousands—at least mine are. One proviso, however. I had an aunt who lived in Atlantic City before the big casino rage. She planted plastic flowers in her flower boxes. They looked hideous, and smacked of Boardwalk cheap. They were black with dirt and sometimes fell over, not in a floral sort of way. Silk flowers are wonderful and dusting is easy. As to your critical friend, tell him to plant a tulip up his deriere and water it enemalistically twice daily.
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