Cafe Flowers (or My Water Cooler)

Today is my two year anniversary of keeping the cafe flowers . Two years ago I sat and sipped coffee beside one of these enormous cement pots. A dead gardenia bush stuck from it’s center while an array of cigarettes and detritus floated about it. It was appalling.

I went inside at the urging of a waitress I knew and [...]

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A Petit Slice of Heaven

When I need a little treat I like to wander through this shop and sigh. It’s like a little slice of French heaven.
And now it’s a cafe too.

They have great cappuccinos and stacks of French magazines. Sometimes you’ll even hear customers speaking French. I think we need to have a milonga here–wine, brie, truffles and tango. What’s [...]

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New Cafe Blooms

Hello, Just checking in. Letting you all know I’m still here. DahliaFound has been picking up business and I’m so happy. So I’ve been shopping and trying to get more posted. It never ends.
Meanwhile, amidst the world havoc I thought I’d take a minute today to appreciate my flowers. I’ve been gardening now for a [...]

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Sunday

Oh no. . . I may be getting the flu. I ache everywhere. I’ve drawn a bath and I’m going to soak it out of me. Sigh.
 I did manage to hold it bay all afternoon. I took Zephyr to the river, a nice long walk. It was almost ridiculously hot (global warming in Feb. Fabulous.) [...]

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