The Bouquet Farm

Two days after the highway opened Kari picked me and Kristal up

for a wreath making workshop in Yarrow (on the other side of the flooded area).

We had registered for this back in October, when all was fine.

We drove up to the cutest little store with a coffee truck alongside of it

where we got our eggnog lates and went around to the back, 

inside a tent.

Everyone got a moss wrapped wreath, wire and plenty of 

fir, pine, cedar and eucalyptus cuttings to choose from.

We began with a small bundle of greenery and wound the wire around it

and the wreath,

then continued by overlapping small bundles full circle.

It smelled wonderful!

At the end we chose pinecones and ribbon to finish them off. 

I don't know how this happened ...

we all had the same opportunities to choose,

but somehow Kristal's wreath ended up much bigger than Kari's and mine.

She definitely was all in on this project! 

Obviously it is fun to hang a homemade wreath on our door, 

but maybe it was even more about doing something together,

catching up and taking time to listen and laugh together

in the midst of other things calling for our attention. 

It's about seizing the day.

❤❤❤