Another Flower Parade And My Present

Let's do another flower parade, made of spring lowers as spring won't last forever either. I still have some photos left from the 1st of March, the day mărțișor is celebrated in Romania and from 8th of March. These are two days in March, when men are gifting flowers to women. So we usually have a flower market that lasts for a week or even more. That's paradise for me not only because I can take photos, but also for being able to enjoy all those wonderful flowers, after the gray and gloomy days.

The truth is, these markets are the only occasion to see so many flowers in the same place at once. Not even flower shops have as many as these markets.

You can also find all kinds of flower compositions, from small to big, like these on the photos above. Those baskets are definitely interesting.

Those who prefer a present that lasts, can choose from these paper compositions.

These were shocking though. Not only kitschy, but also disrespectful t books. I could never create such thing or buy one.

I would rather prefer a pot of cyclamen wrapped in canvas. The more natural, the better, but that's just me.

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Iris can't never be missing from such an event. Iris is an elegant flower, can't be compared to any other flower.

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On the 8th of March I got a white hyacinth in one of those little red paper bags. It was very cute, till it lasted. The good thing about hyacinth is that you can save the bulb and plant it outside in October, to have some nice flowers in spring. So I saved it and going to give it to my dad to plant it in the garden.

Here I need to give you some instruction regarding how to watch this photo. What you see here is a very nice bouquet of tulips, which in fact is not a bouquet as they were selling these upon request. As far as I can see, there are 35 tulips here, maybe more, which means you would have been paid 35€ for a bouquet like that. That's a lot of money on flowers. I'm not saying there's no man who would pay that much (some pay even more), but only a few would do that.

Freesia, one of my favorite, who turned out to be a huge disappointment lately. As I mentioned in my previous post, when I was a little girl, we used to get freesia every year and smelled heavenly good. These you can buy today have no smell at all. So imagine my disappointment. Not to mention the price. This means people usually buy 3 or 5, and no way a bouquet like what you see on the photo.

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An absolute beauty, if you ask me. I wonder how many bought 3 or 5 tulips, till they sold it all.

This photo was taken in 2019. When I saw these, it was like a magnet. I'm not an impulsive buyer and rarely happens to like something so much, but I felt like I must buy one (or more). So I bought one.

This one and I've been wearing it ever since. As soon as I got home, I regret it not buying more, but it was too late. I've been looking for the artist ever since and could not find it anywhere. Till now.

So I was able to spot the artist at the market this year. Imagine the smile on my face. These were the ones they had this year and could not decide which one to buy.

In the end I came home with these. It is made of clay and burnt after. If you look at mine, it looks like new even after 4 years, so I trust them. Looking at the offer they had in 2019, I could still pick one or two, so I'm going to keep my eyes open and see if I can catch them again. I was also thinking if I could create something similar at home. Most likely I could, just need to look into it, learn how it's done. Can't be rocket science.

I'm tagging Hive account@priyanarc here, she liked my last post, let's see what she says 😎.

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