Autumn

I LOVE Autumn. The colours in the trees, the leaves blowing around on the ground and the crisp clear sunny days (when we have them!). As always the colours of the seasons are influencing the flowers that we are using in the shop. The wonderful Tom Pearce Chrysanthemums, painted red oak leaves and peachy amaryllis creeping in and taking over the shop!

I have been busy with training and weddings this month so far and very much looking forward to a weekend off, especially as I was up at 6.30 on Sunday delivering flowers for a wedding, of course it was 10/10/10 on Sunday so I think the weddings were being processed as quickly as produce at an Aldi checkout!

So that got me thinking about superstitions. A lot of people get married on days that are meaningful to them, likewise don't get married on days meaning full to them!! Perhaps as simple as being the well know bad luck number 13!!

Some people are more superstitious than they think they are.

So this year was the 10/10/10. I found this website all about the number 10 http://www.richardphillips.org.uk/number/Num10.htm it's really quite interesting, especially about the Virgins coming in tens! Five foolish and five wise apparently!

Nothing to do with numbers but a funny superstition that I found and had to share is that apparently a popular Chinese superstition is that if one points at the moon with one’s finger it will make one’s ear tips fall off! So watch out.

So on THAT note! Enjoy your Autumn, take time to look up at the trees and see that beautiful colours and last few leaves that are left before Winter swallows them up, oh and no pointing at the moon!