Why I Am Picking Peonies

I love peonies.

But when they bloom…

they do it all at once.

I dried peony petals last summer.

And I’ve decided to do it again

for a special someone’s wedding.

So I am drying them on a

double-decker cart

in the garage.

In make shift vases a.k.a.utility buckets

in the basement stairwell

filled to the brim.

On my kitchen window sill.

On my skirted tabletop.

As they start to drop their petals.

I lay the petals out on window screens.

So… I have screens of drying peony petals

in my living room…

In my foyer…haha

In my basement…

OK… I have TWO in my basement!

And more are waiting for me..

outside!!

Sure hope the church

lets us throw them :)