Flowers into Dates

There seems nothing more romantic than flowers. Full luscious reds and oranges. Dew dripped and glistening. Growing flowers has become a passion, an obsession fed by nothing else. Damian and I have been growing dalias for the last few years; perfect like the dawn, we trade them for dinners at our favorite restaurant, for movie tickets at our local independent movie theater, and for massages a holistic health care center down town. The trade economy is alive and well in our little town. Like spinning straw into gold we turn flowers into dates...