Mad Mats and Flowers

My first native wildflower bouquet of the early summer season was a little one, but quite full of tender loving care. My two shelties and I had ventured out into our hot & humid and sunny back yard to take a gander at what was looking pretty. My dogs love to help me garden! We chose two bee balm, three purple coneflowers, two false sunflowers and one (the first of the season) black eyed susan. I placed them all into one of my mom’s Irish coffee mugs, just because I love my mom and she loved flowers. 

I wanted to take a picture as I always do – I don’t know who’s really interested besides me, but I always take pictures to share. I took my cup of native wonderment and placed it on my back porch floor for the picture. Why on the floor? Because I wanted to take a picture of our Mad Mat, too!! Our Mad Mat is two years old and has been in this spot ever since we bought it two spring seasons ago. The only thing that I’ve actively done to it was flip it over just once – since it is a “reversible” indoor-outdoor mat. We love our Mad Mat – my husband, my shelties and me! The colors are so vibrant, the texture of it feels really good when barefoot, and the dogs love to nap on it. I knew its colors would be a great backdrop for my bouquet picture.

So I took the picture, and here it is. I’m sharing it with you! Enjoy your summer and remember to always, always, always take time to stop and smell the roses along the way.