Day 12 - Flowers

Very sorry for my lack of a post yesterday. My working and 'partying' lifestyle really took its toll on me. So instead of posting, I went to bed. I thought that instead of just doing one post, I would do two to try and keep it up to date with my numbers! So today (but yesterday), I have taken a picture of some flowers (as you can see). These particular flowers happen to be my favourites, crysanthemums. I have just Googled it to see what the flower is a symbol of. I thought I could maybe tie it into the writing here, but it turns out it means death... Wonderful. What a light hearted blog that would be, huh?!
Instead, I shall write about my days of flower arranging. It all started off as a favour to a friend, but turned out not only did I love it, but I was good at it. I was just coming out of my "I can't do anything right. I'm useless, where is my rotton fruit and dog water?" stage. So finding something that I actually enjoyed and got pride out of was really a big deal.
I love the way you start off with a bit of Oasis and slowly watch the green foliage take shape around the not-quite-foam substance. Then when you can see no more to cover you throw in some colour. Yellows, purples, blues and reds make the arrangement come to life and even give it a bit of personality. The best part is when you look over it and realise that YOU have made this. YOU! The girl who couldn't remember her name at one point, the girl who could barely string a sentence together without completely switching off! It really was a fantastic and healing thing for me. However awful and cliche that sounds!