Never underestimate the power of flowers.  Whether they are wild in a field or contained in a vase, they bring beauty and joy just by laying eyes upon them.  I try to have an inexpensive bouquet of flowers in my cut crystal vase each week.  My favorite combination is Stargazer lilies and roses.  They cheer the whole house, lend beauty to dinner, and smell divine.  I snapped this candid picture of my little one hugging these pink flowers I bought for the week and thought it summed up the sentiment perfectly.  It was so hot outside my camera lens fogged which is why it looks hazy.  I am thrilled the love of and appreciation for the simple beauty of flowers my grandmother always had was passed down to my mother.  My mother in turn passed it on to me and now I am passing it to my little one.  American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. once said, “The Amen of nature is always a flower.”  I could not agree more.  Amen to flower power.