The Friday Five for 4 October 2024

[anais_pf]

These questions were written by ysabetwordsmith.

1. What are your 5 favorite flowers?

2. What do you like to do with flowers?

3. Do you like native flowers, domestic flowers, or a mix of both?

4. Do you grow flowers yourself, or just look at what grows elsewhere?

5. Do you know (any version of) the Language of Flowers?

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[a_natural_beauty]

https://a-natural-beauty.dreamwidth.org/

1. What are your 5 favorite flowers?
Sunflowers
Tulips
Lotus/Water lily
Periwinkle
Hyacinth

2. What do you like to do with flowers?
Just keep them in nature honestly. Unless they are already cut/picked - then I will care for them as best as I can.

3. Do you like native flowers, domestic flowers, or a mix of both?
I like a mix of both!

4. Do you grow flowers yourself, or just look at what grows elsewhere?
I have some flowers around my yard and property. But I do look at what grows around me.

5. Do you know (any version of) the Language of Flowers?
No, but I have seen some beautiful examples.

[archersangel]

https://archersangel.dreamwidth.org/386319.html

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

My answers are here.

[unholyghost]

here's my answers!

[softfruit]

1. What are your 5 favorite flowers?
Sunflowers. Daffodils. Daisies. I am honestly not just missing the sunshine here. Hmmm. Oh! Dandelions, and dandelion clocks, because you try telling the young me that they are the same flower... or same weed.

2. What do you like to do with flowers?
I imagine some people have meaningful answers for that to even be a question. I can only think of putting them in a vase, in your hair or up your bottom, and I'm not really into two of those.

3. Do you like native flowers, domestic flowers, or a mix of both?
I have no idea. I'm probably a both-er cos how would something called a sunflower ever come from Britain!

4. Do you grow flowers yourself, or just look at what grows elsewhere?
I mean... I try to grow them myself. They just have other ideas about whether turning from seeds into something more is a worthwhile exercise. I did manage one half-height sunflower once?

5. Do you know (any version of) the Language of Flowers?
Googles. Oh like "lilies mean / symbolise death"? No, I mean I'm not even sure if its that or orchids that mean death. Never ask me to be the translator when the war with the triffids comes to an uneasy ceasefire.

[smallhobbit]

My illustrated answers are here

[mathsbian]

My response!

[injectant]

1. What are your 5 favorite flowers? Dahlias, mums, tulips, daisies, roses.

2. What do you like to do with flowers? I always try to have perennials but I never take care of them. I'm just not a green thumb nor gardening fan.

3. Do you like native flowers, domestic flowers, or a mix of both? Both, the Illinois prairie flowers are pretty.

4. Do you grow flowers yourself, or just look at what grows elsewhere? Mostly the latter but I have been able to keep some potted geraniums alive since July.

5. Do you know (any version of) the Language of Flowers? No, never heard of it.

[cornerofmadness]

here are my answers

[scrubjayspeaks]

Here's mine. This was a nice excuse to track down one of my favorite tumblr posts, a revenge bouquet. :D

[suncani]

Here's my answers. I'm now tempted to try and track down the fics and books I've read that use/reference the Language of Flowers but not sure my memory is good enough.