Flowers

Bought flower planters for our porch the day before yesterday; Bought hooks to hang the planters yesterday; Bought no new things today.

Brenda and I are at the cottage now and so I will have a constant stream of “bought no new things today” for the next few days since there are no new things to buy here.

On the flowers front: I debated about the planters. The flowers are biodegradeable; the plastic pots are not. Plus there’s the slippery slope problem: once we had the planters we needed the hooks and who knows what we’ll need next. Well, okay, probably nothing in this case but it reminded me of how often buying one thing leads to buying another thing.

Cut flowers are also a question mark for me. The flowers themselves are not strictly speaking things and seem okay as long as I don’t get them with all the wrappings. There are still the questions of transport, pesticides, using arable land for a luxury item . . . . What else? I’m sure there are other problems as well. But then I’m always reminded of something Ted often repeats (citing mom who apparently is citing granddad): if you have $2 left in your savings you should spend $1 on bread and the other $1 on flowers. I like that.