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Freesias for Friends. Curbside Pickup

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Good Friday to you all.  Today I want to share with you this idea I had for  a curbside pickup for my garden flowers. My freesias are continuing to bloom as March slowly moves onto April.  These flowers have put on a long flower show this year blooming from February onwards – over 6 weeks of nonstop flowers!  Over the last few weeks I’ve given away at least twenty bouquets to friends and my kid’s teachers and still have more freesias blooming.  It’s been such a joy to see how happy everyone is to receive these little freesia arrangements.

With all the uncertainty in the world with COVID and in our communities lately, flowers now more than ever bring joy and remembrance that beauty still exists all around us.  With this sentiment in mind I decided to make as many freesias bouquets as I could this past weekend and left them out on my curbside for walkers to pick up as they stroll by.  You see, I live on a very popular walking trail – dog-walkers, joggers, and families all enjoy walking on our street for its tree-lined beauty.

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These photos show how many freesias were in bloom when I made my little bouquets this past weekend.

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If my humble freesias brought a smile to my friends I hoped they would do the same for families as they walked by.  And so I left a basket of little freesia bouquets outside our driveway Monday morning with a sign that read “Freesias for Friends. Take One.”  

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I was happy to see that by mid-day all but one little bouquet was picked up.  I found a lovely little note in my basket left by one of the joggers.

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It was going to start raining soon and I decided to bring my basket in with the last little bouquet for myself 😊💐.

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On a side note, I was working in the garden when I saw walkers and even cars stop to grab a little freesia bouquet, and I have to admit I was happy to see that everyone was being courteous and only took one bouquet for themselves. Such genuine consideration for others is what gives me faith that we will all be okay.

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Be well, and continue to enjoy the beauty that is nature.  Have a good weekend everyone.

22 thoughts on “Freesias for Friends. Curbside Pickup”

  4. Dolly , It is said ” Say it with Flowers” and You really did . In these days of Gloom and despair when you really are confined to the Four Walls of your Home , what a magnanimous gesture on your part to Cheer the Passersby on your street with Freesia Bouquets . I also did my part by donating Canned Food to the Manna Ctr near my Home . Manna Ctr delivers Free Food and groceries to the Homeless and the Needy . Time to show that we do love and care and we are all in this together . We may stand Six Feet apart for Safety but in reality we are very close in our Thought !!!! Cheers

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  9. That is so excellent. When I was a kid, neighbors instructed me to pick fruit from their overly productive fruit trees, and then leave a grocery bag of the fruit on porches of other homes in the neighborhood. It was a common technique of distributing the resources in the Santa Clara Valley back then.

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  10. This warms my heart!❤️🥰. Thank you for your everlasting kindness – you are available inspiration!🤗. Happy Friday and great weekend!

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