Will they or won't they?

 

When the Christmas stuff is finally put away, it's nice to have some fresh flowers in the house. This beautiful bunch of lilies came from Safeway for only $7. I put them in a deep vase of warm water, then crossed my fingers the tight buds would open.

And they did! Nice fragrance, too. The label on the bunch said "Product of Aurora, Oregon." A quick Google revealed they are from a company called Oregon Flowers, Inc. in the Willamette Valley. 

Interesting, because the majority of cut flowers in the U.S. are grown in Columbia or The Netherlands. Almost all enter the country through Miami-- a big carbon footprint. 

These flowers just had to make their way north up I-5. Still, what a miraculous thing, having cut lilies for that price in the dead of winter.

We're headed into a "scrape the windshield" stretch of weather this week. Cold at night with little rain (much less snow) in sight.