Christmas Countdown

And so begins another week and indeed another month.  October and November generally being a quieter time in the florists calendar, the lull before the festive storm, where all things holly-based take precedence - holly wreaths, both festive and funereal, holly balls, holly crosses, holly hearts, holly cats and holly dogs! OK... may be exagerating on the last two ... but only just!

You can always tell a florist (well a hard-working one anyway) by the state of their hands on the approach to Christmas, jaggy holly ensuring they resemble nothing more than some flayed five-limbed road kill.  The florists shame, usually hid beneath the Christmas dinner table in embarrassment.

Anyway! Enough of Christmas! It is after all only October and while the wedding season may have passed once more, there's still the constant demand for the freshest flowers for birthdays, anniversarys, corporate functions, births and alas deaths, to name but a few.  All being delivered throughout the local area and beyond.  Today,  for instance, our driver has a merry jaunt out to Fallin, Alva, Dunfermline, Grangemouth, Alloa and on our very own doorstep Kincardine.

So it's "one flower all and all flower one" a florists work is never done!