Today I noticed that all the wisteria in the neighbourhood has showered in purple glory - spring is definitely here! I think the colour of the wisteria and jacaranda are probably my favourite colour of purple and against bright blue skies it is so visually stunning. It will be a few more weeks before the jacaranda blooms.
Seeing the wisteria today reminded me of an almost forgotten memory. I was in year 8 at school , so about 13 or 14 and had a massive crush on my English teacher, although I never understood why he taught English his spelling was atrocious and I often had to correct his work on the blackboard.
Anyway, it was his birthday and in all my young giddiness on the way to school, I thought it would be nice to give him a bunch of flowers for his birthday. We had a massive old wisteria that grew at the front of the house, so I picked a massive bunch, holding them upside down all the way to school - they looked so pretty. Can you imagine how embarrassed I felt when after bashfully handing over the flowers, I realised that they are pretty useless to put in a vase ... well the birthday present was kind of a "flop" so to speak. Pretty flowers on the vine, but useless in a vase!
Flying Solo Tip 088365 : Sometimes our emotions blind us to practicalities, sometimes that can lead to embarrassing failure, other time is can lead to unexpected innovation.