Flowers + Mud + Parents = Great FUN!!

My parents and I got up early and went yard saling. We bought ZERO, nada, nothing!

So, on our way back to the Salter Homestead, I decided to tell my folks about how Jen and Val have both recently made a visit to Paulus's Market to "cut your own flowers".

http://www.paulusfarmmarket.com/

$7 for a large coffee can of flowers. They had some great arrangements, showing all of the

various varieties lining the rows of the farm, available to cut.

Mom said: "Lets do it, my treat!"

They handed us a large coffee can, 2 sets of garden clippers and we were off...into the yards and yards of beautiful flower garden rows.

Before we had walked 10 yards, our sneakers were soaked. Mom was wearing flip-flops, so this didnt phase her feet. Then, we made it to the rows of flowers: Zinnias. Cock's comb, Sunflowers,

Statis, straw flowers...beautiful! AND...MUDDY! Half way through our cutting walk, my shoes were caked with what can only be

described as mud snow shoes. Perhaps, 5 lbs of mud had caked onto each of my sneakers, a hard time for a girl who cant see her feet.

We laughed and laughed, as we cut our flowers.

At one time, I believe I had a whole bush and caked mud stuck to my feet.

30 minutes later, we headed back to the market stand from the field, with our colorful treasure in a can.

Dad held me under my arms and made me scrape the sides of my feet off...to some avail, but little.

I took my shoes off and put them in the hatch of my parents car. My mom asked for a hose, but then just decided to follow my lead.

We piled into the car, but not without my dad taking a slide onto the ground, as he tried to get a plastic bottle of chocolate milk he had dropped.

I think if there was a time that I was going to go into labor, that would have been it. I was out of breath, sweating, and laughing hysterically.

Just another day with my incredible parents!

We arrived home just 5 minutes later.

Mom manned the hose and washed off our shoes, allowing them to dry on the porch.

She then came in and took our coffee can of flowers and transformed it into 2 beautiful arrangements, placing one on the

dining room table and one on the kitchen island.

What a day...what a day...what a wonderful day!