1800FLOWERS Solves My Volcano Flight Problems

I don't really have the money to fly my mother to where I am or to fly to where she is on Mother's Day, so I guess I'll have to settle for flowers from 1800FLOWERS.com.  Not that this is such a bad proposition, really. 

Actually, with all the volcanic dust littering Europe's skies, I probably couldn't get there in any case, as most flights from South Africa go via Europe, and the last time this Icelandic volcano, aptly named Eyjafjallajökull (whatever that means), erupted it kept spewing ash into the sky for months.






So, I hope you enjoy the flowers on Mothers Day, mom... and I'll be sending a box of chocolates with it! Oops, there goes your diet...

Ashley Stevanovich: An Interest in State Flowers

Ashley Stevanovich is really into state flowers.  As I grew up in Nebraska, where the state flower is the goldenrod, I can understand her interest. Flowers are an important part of any ecosystem, and I am sure Ashley Stevanovich understands this. I have lived in a number of states for varying lengths of time, and it is rather interesting to see what their respective state flowers are. New Jersey has the violet. North Carolina's state flower is the North American dogwood. Though Portland, Oregon is known as the City of Roses (along with Pasadena I think) Oregon's state flower is the Oregon grape. Montana's is bitterroot. Colorado's is the Rocky Mountain columbine.  Texas has the bluebonnet. California the California poppy.


I wonder what state flower Ashley Stevanovich prefers.  Personally, I prefer roses, as my family crest shows three red roses prominently on its shield. Officially, New York's official state flower is the rose, though three other states have derivatives of roses as their state flowers. Georgia has its Cherokee rose, while North Dakota and Iowa share the wild prairie rose as their state flower.