I bought this bunch of flowers at the farmer’s market, and took a silly picture to share with family. It’s a terrible picture because I didn’t realize I’d need a better one. For example, on the right you can also see some Lego flowers. Ignore them. But if you look closely you can see that the flowers in the glass vase are basically all the same height. I mean, that’s how the seller puts them together. There are ranunculus with a million petals and some kind of anemone.

Nine days later the anemone flowers are dying, but they have also grown! They are six or eight inches taller than the ranunculus. Even in the first picture you can see that the vase needs water — the flowers drank like crazy as they grew.

I’d really like to buy some more and do a little measuring on the amount of water in the vase compared to the height of the flowers. As it is the anemone flowers had to be tossed, one by one. The ranunculus are just now beginning to fade

Here are some better flower pictures from the National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

Peonies in a Vase. c. 1885. Charles Ethan Porter. Painter, American, 1847 – 1923

Vase of Flowers. c. 1660. Jan Davidsz de Heem. Artist, Dutch, 1606 – 1684