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Flower
Frogs
Flower Frogs
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There are many people that dislike second hand stores and garage
or rummage sales. I am not a person that spends much time going to
garage sales, however when I do stop at one I usually go through
the glassware as well as vases. This is the section in the second
hand store that I check out also. There are many times when I find
unique glass bowls, glasses and vases that I use when entertaining.
(I never thought I could find flower frogs in this place.)
One day I was on my way home from the grocery store when I was
forced to take a detour due to road construction. I decided to take
a short cut through a residential neighborhood to get back to the
street we live on. An older home that I have thought looks quite
interesting was having a yard sale. I thought I would stop to see
what they had. There was one table with glassware on it that I was
looking through. I noticed that there was another table that was
full of vases and flowerfrogs.
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On the table with the vases were several flowerfrogs actually.
They were in different sizes and shapes and were all made of glass.
I had two flower frogs that my mother had given to me, but these
were beautiful. Flower frogs are round or oval shaped with holes in
them that are put in the bottom of bowls or flat vases to stand
flower stems in. With flower frogs you can basically turn any
container into a base for a flower arrangement.
The old woman at the sale saw me looking at the flower frogs and came over to talk to me. She
asked me if I knew what they were for. I explained that my mother
had used them and that I love to arrange flowers so I was familiar
with their use. She showed me one that was close to a foot long and
four inches high. It was made of glass and studded with holes
through the surface to allow many flowers to be arranged in it. The
glass was green in color. None of the flower frogs had prices
marked on them. I told the woman that they were very beautiful and
that I wanted to buy at least one, but I needed to know the
price.
She said that she had not priced them because she wanted them to
go to someone that knew what they were and would use them. She said
she loved arranging flowers and she wanted her frogs to go to
someone else that shared this passion. She told me that I could
have all the flower frogs for ten dollars. I knew this was not
enough money, but she insisted. She packed up nine frogs for me. I
think of her every time I arrange flowers.
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