12/31/07

Sandwich Making Woman At Star Provisions. She smiled really big and said, "All right! Thank you!" It was nice.

12/30/07

Man In Aurora. He was speaking with the barista about how he often speaks negatively and about a Rastafari philosophy of always speaking in positives and how he might should start working towards that ideal. He seemed like a great person to get a flower. He thanked me and said, "It's for today. That's fantastic." The barista asked what it was. He said, "It's a beautiful flower" and the thanked me again. As I was leaving, he asked the barista, "Do you want to see it?"

He got the flower pictured here, from the first white batch.

12/29/07

Server Woman At Flat Iron. She said, "ooohh!!" and thanked me. She asked if I made the flowers individually or in a group. I told her in batches. She got a white background flower from my very first batch of flowers. I saved a couple for the end of the year.

12/28/07

Server Woman At Azio. She said, "Thank you!". She turned away, but then turned back, did a curtsy type thing and smiled.

She got the last of the last batch of flowers.

12/27/07

Emelie. Jamie told her about the project a while back. I promised I would give her one, but I will not be seeing her, so I need to mail it to her. She thanked me in advance.

12/26/07

Kathleen, Wine Woman At Harry's Market. She liked it and thanked me. She said, "The date is on the back!" and I explained why. She thanked me very much.

12/25/07

Brett, Brodie's Friend. He laughed and said, "This is canvas."

12/24/07

Server Woman At Bagel Palace. She said, "Oh, very pretty."

12/23/07

"Neither" Cat Norman. I bought a photo from her to give to Ben and Sara. She said, "Sweet!" and "Very nice."

12/22/07

Woman Getting Out Of Her Car At Star Provisions. She laughed, looked at it and said, "Well, thank you."

12/21/07

Man On Bike. He pulled up next to me and asked if I was the flower guy. I am! I got excited cause he knew me. I was going to mail today's flower and I told him I did not have a flower for him, but then I was so excited that he remembered me, I changed my mind and gave him the flower anyway. I had given him another flower at the very same corner. He thanked me.

12/20/07

Elaine at Dr Tom's. She at first demurred, not seeming to want it. She said, "You are too funny." I gave one to Charlene back in April. Elaine put the two of them together, taped on a coffee mug on her desk.

This was the first flower from the last batch of flowers.

12/19/07

Woman In Parking Garage. She jumped a little and said, "No thank you" when I handed it to her. I told her I give one away a day, she took it and said, "Thank you." Maybe the garage was a creepy place to give it.

This was the last flower from the last batch of green background flowers.

12/18/07

Santa Claus!! He said, "Thank you, sir." I asked to shake his hand and he obliged.

12/17/07

Faith, Valet Desk Woman At The Marriott. She thanked me.

12/16/07

Gift Wrapping Woman At The Ansley Mall Toy Store. She thanked me. I tried to give it to the other gift wrapping woman, but she did not want it.

12/15/07

I gave two away today!

Flower 1: Genius Man At The Mac Store. He smiled and thanked me. He liked it and said something very low like, "Beautiful."

Flower 2: Lila, Jamie's Friend. She liked it a lot and smiled real big. She and Jamie worked at CNN together and Jamie told her about the project back in March. When I told her I gave one away a day, she said, "Oh! You're that guy!"

12/14/07

Aletha At Six Feet Under. She said, "Awwwwwwwww" and asked, "Is this canvas?" I said , "Yes" and told her about the project. She did a little dance, jumping from foot to foot and said, "I feel special!"

12/13/07

Man Standing On The Corner Outside The Marriott. He looked at me like he was not appreciative at all. I explained myself and he said, "All right. Thanks."

12/12/07

Romeo Cologne. He hugged me and said, "Thank you. Thank you my friend."

12/11/07

Samsha At Dunkin Doughnuts. She laughed, "HM!", smiled and looked at Tim.

12/10/07

Homeless Man. He asked for 30 cents. I gave him 50 cents and a flower. He said, "Oh all right. Thanks."

12/9/07

Shareef Cousin. He laughed. He went to the Supreme Court last Monday and sat on the front row, right in front of Alito and Ginsburg! Wow!!!

12/8/07

Woman Riding Down The Escalator Out Of The Atlantic Station Movie Theater. Karl and Thor kept getting in her space and she seemed annoyed. She laughed and thanked me.

12/7/07

Plant Watering Man. He said, "All right! Thanks!" I told him to have a good weekend. He said, "All right." and read the back of the flower.

12/6/07

Woman On Her Bike Waiting For Red Light To Turn Green. I said, "It's cold." She said, "It's crisp." She inflected both words leaving me to think she did not really think it was that cold. I gave her the flower and she thanked me. I do not think she had a convenient place to put it, but rode off before I saw what she did with it.

12/5/07

Security Guard Woman Where I Work. She smiled and thanked me.

12/4/07

Woman Eating Her Lunch Where I Nap. She smiled and said, "Thanks."

12/3/07

Teller At Bank. She said in a flat tone, "Isn't that nice." I do not think she was very excited about it.

12/2/07

Carolyn(?) at Utrecht. She said, "Yeah! That is awesome." She helped me figure out how many feet 92 inches is and how many feet 4 yards is. I told her about the project and the up coming show. She liked the idea a lot.

12/1/07

Counter Woman At Smarty Pants. She thanked me, said that it made her feel special and asked if I had anything to say about the flower. I told her I give one away a day. She said, "Really? And you waited till 4:30 and of all the people you saw today, you chose to give it to me!? I feel very special." She read the date on the back and that made her happy too. She really liked it. Good stuff.

11/30/07

Sam At The Hair Cutting Place. He said, "Ah! Isn't that nice."

11/29/07

Woman Walking Down Hilliard Street. She said, "Don't try to sell me anything." She took the flower and said, "Give me a cigarette honey." She read the date and thanked me. I rode away and a man a few yards down asked if I was giving away five dollars a day. I said, "No, a flower a day." He thought $5 would be pretty nice. His friend said, "Look what I have!" and pulled a small bottle of Seagram's Gin out of a bag. I was confused and I said, "What's that?" He said, "Liquor! I have twelve of them! Three dollars each." I told him I did not have any money. He said, "Well, go to the tilly and get some money and come back. I'll be here." I was tempted, but I didn't.

I thought it was interesting that he told me to go to the "tilly". When I was a kid, one of the first ATM's was called Tilly. My mother used to say, "I need to bang Tilly" when she needed some money. I wonder if he was calling the ATM "Tilly", if he was referring to the bank in general or to something else.

11/28/07

Bartender Dude At The Flatiron. He said, "Oh. Sweet!" Then he said, "I'll keep it here at the bar." We clapped.

11/27/07

Waitress Woman At Azio. She thanked me and said, "Aren't you nice." She noted that the date was on the back and said, "My son will like this." I asked her why and she said, "He likes it when people are real."

11/26/07

Mary Lin Mom. Her daughter and Karl were both late for school. She asked about my holiday. My Thanksgiving was great! I gave her the flower and she said, "Thanks. That's sweet." I asked about her Thanksgiving. She went to Ohio to visit family. Ohio had snow flurries!!

11/25/07

Man Sitting On The Gas Pump At The BP. He asked, "What's this?" His voice was incredibly hoarse. He then said, "Thank you."

11/24/07

Woman Sitting In The Sun At Apres Diem. I told her she was going to get hot sitting in the sun. She said she did not care. I gave her the flower, she laughed and said, "Thanks."

11/23/07

Man Walking His Baby With His Wife. She said, "Ooo! Thanks!" He said, "Thanks. It's really nice."

11/22/07

Woman Leaving Huddle House. She wished me Happy Thanksgiving. I gave her the flower and she said, "I appreciate it."

11/21/07

Server Woman At The Standard. She said, "Thank you so much." Paige said I should explain the project more. I am not so sure about that. I do tell the recipients that I give one away a day. Anything more than that seems to be asking for a bigger reaction.

11/20/07

Man On Smoke Break At The Best 4 Less. He just looked at it. As I drove away he was holding it behind his back.

11/19/07

Man Drinking A Beer Outside Pacific Rim. He said, "Ah. Thank you."

11/18/07

Bartender Woman At The Standard. She said, "Hey! Thank you!" She said something else too, but I forget what it was.

11/17/07

Woman Returning From Emptying Trash At Hass. She laughed and said, "Thank you"

11/16/07

Tim. He said, "Where's my frickin flower" so I gave him today's. He said, "Sweet man. Awesome." He tried placing it on the wall of his cube, but just laid it on his desk and said, "That's cool." Then he said, "Sorry I had to ask for my flower."

Later he said, "My day's complete now that I have that flower. My life is complete"

11/15/07

Man Riding His Bike To Work. He said, "This wind is brutal." It was. I gave him the flower and he said, "Wow!" Then he asked, "May I asked what it is for?" I explained and he said, "cool".

11/14/07

Homeless Man Who Asked Bill For A Cigarette. He said, "Cool. All right." Bill said, "Today's your lucky day. You get a flower and a cigarette." The man said, "Thank you."

11/13/07

Woman Standing On The Corner Near Georgia State. She looked at it and said a very little, "Aw."

11/12/07

Security Guard Woman At Bottom Of Escalator By The Museum Of Design. She just laughed and walked back toward her desk.

11/11/07

Greeter Woman At Kroger. She said, "All right" and thanked me.

11/10/07

Man Standing At The Corner Of 7th Street And Peachtree. He thanked me twice and said, "November 10th. It's marked! That's pretty cool." He thanked me again and said that is was cool again. He thanked me again before I crossed Peachtree.

11/9/07

Teacher Woman At Soulshine. She asked, "What is this?" Thor helped me explain. She thanked me and said, "It is precious." When we left she thanked me again for the flower.

This flower is the first of a batch of flowers made from left over canvas.

11/8/07

Leigh-Anne. She asked what the date was as we were walking to get coffee. Since the flowers have the date on the back, I pulled out the flower to check. She said that today's flower was prettier than the one I had given her. On the way back from coffee she said, "I really want that flower." She asked if there was a rule against having duplicates, I said, "No" and I gave it to her. She said, "Yaaaay!" and "It is really pretty!".

People really liked the black flowers. This was the last black flower.

Leigh-Anne emailed me: "So, I looked at the original flower you gave me and it is dated May 30th…so it was 5 months ago…but even better you gave it to me on my second day with the company…smooth!"

Ha. I am smooth.

11/7/07

Doug Kane. He used to work where I work, and I saw him while he was visiting. He said, "Cool. I appreciate it."

11/6/07

31 Year Old Worker Man At Army Surplus Store. Very slowly and while reading the back of the flower he said, "W W J D." I laughed. He then said, "Oh splendid. I know some very splendid people I could give this to."

11/5/07

Counter Man At Utrecht. I handed it to him, but then hesitated and said, "Did I already give you one of these?" He said that he did not know but they have one in the store. I gave it to him and he thanked me. I packed my stuff up and he thanked me again.

11/4/07

Man Taking Photos Of Insects. He looked at it over the top of his glasses, laughed and thanked me. He said that he was very lucky. Later he showed us a butterfly. I thanked him and he said, "You give me a flower, and I'll give you a butterfly.

11/3/07

Boyd. He raised his eyebrows, opened his mouth, and seemed to want to speak silently for a moment. He then said, "Thanks." He looked at Karl and said, "Very good. Very good."

11/2/07

Rowan. He is in love with his iPhone and he wanted an "iFlower". I rebelled against this idea, but he is a friend and he really wanted it so I wrote "iFlower" on the back along with the date. He said, "Oh, it is different.", pointing at the flower and tracing the stem with his finger, "It is a little curvy." He got up from his desk and said, "I have to show Nancy." He said something about how Nancy had a regular, boring flower, but he had an iFlower.

11/1/07

Nancy. Yesterday she and Rowan fussed at me for not giving one to them. When I gave the flower to Nancy she said, "You did not have to give me one because I asked." She thanked me and asked why I gave them out. She said, "Aww. We forced you to do it. Isn't that sad."

10/31/07

Server Woman At The Starbucks At Kroger. She thanked me,looked at the flower, paused a moment and thanked me again.

10/30/07

Dr Polizos. He said, "Thank you. Very nice." He placed it on a shelf between his desk and his assistance's desk.

10/29/07

Sarita (sp?). I asked her about her scraped up car and guessed correctly that she did it in a parking garage. She asked who my son was. She knows Karl and said that her daughter was in the same kindergarten class as he. I gave her the flower and she thanked me very much.

10/28/07

Park Worker Man. He read the date and said that it was his birthday. He corrected himself saying, "I just had a birthday, so this is..."; he made a fist and shook it suggesting this was a sweet bonus to his already excellent birthday experience.

10/27/07

Man Waiting At The Salvation Army. I was going to give it to one of the workers, but I could not get his attention. I mentioned this to Man Waiting and he laughed. I told him he got the flower and I handed it to him. He thanked me.

10/26/07

Woman Sitting Outside The Imperial Hotel. She asked, "What's this for?" I told her. She said, "ohhhh. Thank you."

10/25/07

Frank The Book Seller. He said, "Thank you sir!". Kathleen was there, and she said, "That's it, you won't have anything to put on your blog." Of course I do! Frank! Frank The Book Seller is on the blog!

10/24/07

Woman Eating Alone At Fellini's. At first she seemed a little confused. I told her about the project and she asked why. I told her to get over social anxiety. She said, "Really? That's the greatest thing I've ever heard." We talked for a moment. She really liked the project. When I left, Karl and Thor ran inside and talked to her. I did not hear what they said, but they talked for two or three minutes. I asked Karl what they talked about, but he said he did not remember.

10/23/07

Jack At The Hair Cutting Place. At first he was skeptical. He said, "What's this? and "Why?". That made me nervous, but I explained a bit and he thanked me. He liked that I said that "Today was his day." He shook my hand and said, "Thank you very much".

10/22/07

Kiyon At Trader Joes. He said, "Thanks. That's hot"

10/21/07

Dee Dee. She is a Wal Mart cashier and I went through her line two days in a row. She remember me from yesterday. I gave her the flower and she said, "All right." She started to read the date on the back, said, "Oct", then said, "Why, thank you" and winked.

10/20/07

Vicki's Friend. I can not remember her name! Shoot! She said something really great and then she said, "Is it the only one you gave away today?" I forgot what she initially said and I asked her to repeat it. She said, "I gave you a hug" and she hugged me. Well, that was not what she first said, but that's ok.

10/19/07

Man On Couch In Octane. He said, "Wow!" and looked at it. Later, as he was leaving, he and the woman he was with thanked me, told me how much they liked the flower and said it was a major topic of conversation for their group. They really seemed to like the flower a lot. It was cool.

10/18/07

Dawn. She was quiet. She thanked me and smiled.

10/17/07

Table Cleaning Man. He woke me up from my nap. He said, "Yeah" and kind of grunted. He then said "All right"

10/16/07

Downtown Ambassador Woman. She thanked me and said, "I will treasure it."

10/15/07

Woman Who Seemed To Have Trouble Walking. She got on the escalator and I chased her up it. She just laughed.

10/14/07

Cashier Woman At Apple Stand In Ellijay. She thanked me. The other woman behind the counter asked if I made it. Cashier Woman said, "That is awesome"

10/13/07

Cashier Woman At Starbucks In Kennesaw. She said, "Ya! Cool! Thanks!"

10/12/07

Libby. She is a correspondent for Say-Sport. She asked for one but she lives in New York so I am mailing it to her.

Update: Libby emailed: That makes my entire day! Painted flowers are much better than real ones. Less transitory.

You are awesome! Thank you so much!!!

Hugs,
Libby

I got a hug!

10/11/07

Cleaning Woman At Starbucks In The Marriott. She said, "Thank you very much". She smiled and said, "Thank you."

10/10/07

Charlie's Friend Taking Him To Pick Up Trucklett. She asked, "What is this?". Charlie explained and she said, "Thank you very much."

10/9/07

Booth Man In Garage. He nodded vigorously and said something in a low voice. Something like, "Ok, all right."

10/8/07

Chef Man On Break Outside The Marriott. I tried to give it to Asian Woman Sitting Outside The Marriott, but she would not take it. I do not think she spoke English well and she would only shake her head and say, "I do not know!". I rolled down to Chef Man and told him that he got today's flower. He said, "No problem".

10/7/07

Cashier Woman At Zesto's. She thanked me, turned around, held the flower to her chest and showed her co-workers. They chided her saying, "Ah, how sweet" and "You are so special". She looked at the back and said, "It has today's date."

10/6/07

Frankfurt Germany. Taxi Driver Man From Afghanistan. He pretended to smell the flower and thanked me.

10/5/07

Frankfurt Germany. Coffee Woman In Internet Cafe. She thanked me in German and said a lot of stuff. I explained the best I could that I give one away a day. I finally broke down and explained what I was doing in English. She said, "It´s beautiful. Thank you."

See? If you do not interupt them eating, Germans love to speak to strangers!

10/4/07

Frankfurt Germany. Woman Standing And Eating On The Große Bockenheimer Straße. She said nothing and initially did not look at me. I started to walk away, but I could not believe another person would not look at me, so I turned around to check. She had looked up by now and she smiled. Perhaps Germans do not like to be approached while eating.

10/3/07

Nürnberg Germany. Woman Eating Ice Cream. She said nothing. She did not even look at me.

10/2/07

Heilbronn Germany. Woman On Train. She has a son who teaches English. She said in her best English, "Thank you. Thank you. Ist gut!" She put the flower in her book. She spoke with us for a very long time.

10/1/07

Bretten Germany. Waiter Woman At Altes Rathaus. She said, "Oh! Danke!"

09/30/07

Beaune. Woman From The States In Hotel Lobby. She lives in Italz and was on holiday with her husband. She asked if I was handing them out all over the country.

9/29/07

Beaune. Champagne Server Man. He said, "Fleur" and laughed.

9/28/07

Le Bourg d'Oisans. Server Woman At Café des 2 Mondes. She said, "Ah! Merci beaucoup." She laid the flower on the counter and patted it.

9/27/07

Corps. Counter Man At The Boulangerie. He smiled real big, said, "Merci Beaucoup"and laughed.

9/26/07

Fruit Stand Woman At Domain de la Pradella Fifteen Miles East Of Sisteron. She said, "Aw, cést jolie. Merci beaucoup."

9/25/07

Mane. Phamarcy Woman. She checked it out and pointed at the date: She said something in French. I said, "Today" and she repeated, "Today."

9/24/07

Bonnieur: Woman sitting outside cafe. She had just taken a bite of her croissant and said, "Mm!". After a moment, she said, "Merci."

9/23/07

Avignon: Jason at AOC. He liked it: I told him about the project. He is a museum marketing researcher. He talked about how museums are made by stealing artifacts. He liked that this project gave away art and liked the idea of a museum giving away art.

9/22/07

Avignon: Maintenience Woman At The TGV Station. She volunteered to take our bike boxes away. I chased her down to give her the flower. She spoke no English and I speak no French so after asking a few questions and reading the date; she shrugged, "Merci." and walked off.

9/21/07

Katheryn R. She checked our baggage. She smiled and thanked me. Did I mention I'm going to France? I'm going to France!

9/20/07

Counter Man At Inman Perk. He said, "Hey, look at this." Then he handed it to the woman behind the counter and said, "Look what I got." She looked at it for a long time.

9/19/07

Woman Sweeping In Front Of Building. She said, "Thank you. I appreciate it!". This is the first black background flower I have given away.

But! Before that I got turned down! I tried to give it to a Woman Walking Past Me. She said no thanks, gave me the hand and steered clear of me.

...and last week, a Friend Of A Previous Flower Recipient said she did not want me to mail her a flower because I told her I would send her a black flower and that made me seem scary. Hmph to that! The background is black, not the actual flower. I should have explained that better.

9/18/07

Kerry At My Favorite Mechanic Is A Woman. She smiled and thanked me. She said it was going to be her good luck charm and that she was going to keep it in her wallet next to the picture of her niece.

9/17/07

Woman Waiting For The Elevator. She laughed and thanked me.

9/16/07

Cashier Woman At BP. She said, "All right. Thank you."

9/15/07

Paige. She and Robin were sharing a booth at the East Atlanta Strut. She was happy and said, "Thanks Stew!" She said, "My own flower! And it has today's date! I want to pin it on but I don't want to put a hole in the canvas."

9/14/07

Woman Waiting For Someone At The Bottom Of The Escalator. She smiled and thanked me.

9/13/07

Tracy "Full Name" Young. I sent her on a little scavenger hunt before we ate lunch at Willys. When she found the flower, she struck a pose with her arms straight in the air, kind of 'I scored a touchdown' pose. It was very cool. She said something, but she was too far away for me to hear it. She said she was going to put it on her dream board. A dream board is just a board of stuff you like. 'Dream Board' would be considered a noun phrase and not a word.

9/12/07

Evan's Friend Candi. She heard about the flowers Saturday night and said she wanted one. She even pouted a little. I told her I would mail her one. I was going to mail it yesterday, but it was 9/11 and I just wanted to hand it to someone.

9/11/07

Man In White Shirt And Tie Parking His Good Looking Bike. He said thanks and raised his eyebrows.

9/10/07

Ed Akins. He is one of the official and unofficial architects whose work is on display at Eyedrum right now. He asked me to mail him a flower and said that he would take a picture of his reaction. That would be sweet.

Update! 12/21/2007: Ed sent his reaction pictures!! Check them out!!

He wrote, "Confusion ... soon followed by memory"





So cool! Thanks Ed!!

9/9/07

Greeter Woman At Kroger. She thanked me and blessed me. Well, she said, "Bless you." She asked, "How do you pin it on?" and then said, "I'm gonna get a saftey pin and pin it on."

9/8/07

Waitress At Savage Pizza. She laughed a little, thanked me and then said, "It's a patch!"

9/7/07

Petite Woman Riding On Elevator. She, at first, was hesitant to take it. I explained myself. She thanked me and then said, "Why, thank you."

9/6/07

Taxi Man Standing And Smoking A Cigarette. He checked it out and said "Thank You" twice.

9/5/07

Anja. She emailed me yesterday and asked if I would send her one. Of course I will Anja! Happy Flower!

9/4/07

Angie At Dr Healys Office. She thanked me and said she would keep it with her paper work.

9/3/07

Charlie and Sarah's Friend Helping Them Move. She thanked me, said, "It's on canvas" and then read the date. She said that she would treasure it forever. She was goofing a bit.

9/2/07

Counter Woman At The Gift Store At The Cyclorama. She thanked me and asked if I was an artist. I told her I was not ready to say I was. She asked if I would like to create something Civil War related and donate it to the store. The proceeds go to charity. I told her I would like to and I would have to think about it.

9/1/07

Darth Vader! For real!!! I told him it was like catching the big fish. He said, "Why, thank you."

8/31/07

Stormtrooper at Dragon*Con. He said, "Why, thank you!" Very cool.

8/30/07

Woman Waiting For Someone To Check In At The Marriott For DragonCon. She asked, "What is this?" After I explained she thanked me.

8/29/07

The Daughter Of A Mother/Daughter Pair At The Marriott. She said, "Oh" as if to say, "This is odd, I do not know how to react." She warmed up a bit and thanked me.

8/28/07

Donna. I also met her at the Grant Park Shade Festival. I mailed her the moving announcement also.

8/27/07

Katherine W. Linn. I mailed it to her along with the print I made announcing my recent move. Cousin Scott and I met her yesterday at the Grant Park Summer Shade Fest. She told me all about linocut printing. We talked for a long time.

8/26/07

Counter Woman at Java Lords. She thanked me and said, "What a nice tradition"

8/25/07

Mark. We were watching Raiders of the Lost Ark at the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival. He said, "Nice. Excellent."

8/24/07

Corey. He already has two and he wanted a third badly. He explained that he takes them up North and he is the only one doing that. He was happy and said that we were dating now. I wonder what his wife thinks about that. He suggested the idea of there being a foundation in the future where painted flowers are given away. I told him about Jamie's party idea. He liked that.

8/23/07

Cashier Woman At Willy's. She said, "Oh cool! Thanks!"

8/22/07

Allison In 37917. I am mailing it to her. I love the mail!

Update: 09/05/2007: The letter came back! Her apartment was vacant. I checked and she is in it now so I resent it today.

8/21/07

Counter Man at Joe's Coffee. He thanked me and said something like, "Aahw". He laughed a little.

You know, "Aww" is a common response, but the inflection is aways different. The Vietnamese language uses tones to impart different meanings on words. The English language needs something like that. This guy did a falling tone which seemed to suggest he found it interesting. Many women do a rising tone which suggests that they are touched or they think the action was very sweet. I was talking with a friend and he was telling me about about a shouting match he got into with some Buckhead Boys where they only said, "Fuck you" to each other. They went on for a minute or two and the meaning of "Fuck you" changed as they continued. Now, just think how helpful it would be if we had little special characters that would help noodle out these different meanings if we were to read a transcript of the encounter.

Man One: Fuck You!
Man Two: Fuck You‘!
Man One: Fu†ck You!
Man Two: Fu‡ck You!
Man One: Fu†ck Yo‡u!
Man Two: →Fuck You!
Man One: Fuck ¹ You!
Man Two: ¿Fuck You¿!
Man One: FuÇk You!
Man Two: Fuck YoÚ!
Man One: Fuckè You!
Man Two: Fuckè Yoù!
Man One: Fuckè Yöù!
Man Two: →þFuck Ýöù!
Man One: Meet me down at the pub.
Man Two: I'm buying!

That would be very helpful indeed!

8/20/07

Woman Waiting In The Refund Line At Lowes. She thanked me.

8/19/07

I lost my flower again!! What is going on? Two days in a row! This time I went home and got another flower. So...

The Cashier Woman at CVS. I think she was a transvestite. She said thanks but she seemed very guarded. She looked at the flower for a very long time.

8/18/07

I lost my flower!!! I was going to give it to Sarah and Charlie's neighbor Lenore (?) and my pocket held no flower!! I was bummed!

UPDATE! August 30, 2007:I found the flower! It was in Trucklett. I asked Karl if he wanted to give it to Ms Snyder. He said no, but I should. She thanked me and said it was awesome.

8/17/07

Erika. She said, "Thanks man!" and she asked if I had piles of them sitting at home. I explained I made about 60 at a time. She asked if they were all the same color. No, some have a black background and some have a white background. I have not given away any black background ones away yet. She got one with a green background.

8/16/07

Karen From My Spring Ultimate Team. Apparently, her kid goes to the same school my kid goes to. Who knew? She was very happy. I could tell by her reaction that I had already given her one. Oh well, she liked it. She is moving to Salt Lake City. Have a nice new life Karen!!

8/15/07 #1

Kristen. I made a kind of scavenger hunt with clues that she had to follow to find the flower. She emailed me,

"the package has been delivered. the eagle has landed as of about 3pm today. it was a long and arduous journey, but in the end i was victorious.

"it was by far, the most fun i have had in a long time. i told jamie that it should be turned into a sport. lol. thank you for creating the experience for me and of course, thank you for my beautiful flower.

"kristen"

Very fun!

Two flowers were given today! I 'planted' this flower on the 14th. It was dated the 15th and she found it on the 16th. Since it was dated the 15th, that will be the post day.

8/15/07 #2

Cashier Woman at Starbucks. She asked if I painted it today. No. She thanked me.

8/14/07

Woman Waiting In Line With Me At The License Renewal Place. She loved it. She said all kinds of things! "You're awesome." "Thank you hubby to be." She asked the guy behind me if he was jealous that she and I were getting married. She said she liked green because it was the color of life. She sang Happy Birthday to me (today is my birthday!). I mean, she went on and on. It was great. I saw her outside as I was leaving and I said goodbye. She said, "You're fantastic! See you on our wedding day!"

8/13/07

Return Woman at Lowes. She thanked me, said, "Awww!" and held it to held it to her chest.

8/12/07

Woman going in to Octane. She asked if I was going on a ride. I wasn't. Today is move day. She said, "Aww! Thank you!"

Update 9/17/2007: I saw her again at Sam Flax and we chat for a bit. I thought her name was Zana, but it is not. It is Dayna.

8/11/07

Counter Man at the Box Store. He said, "OH! Thank you!!" He seemed very happy.

8/10/07

Robin. She said, "Yay! That is awesome!" and she gave me a hug. Today is her last day here at work. August 10th, 2007! Remember that now!

8/9/07

Jeff. He said, "Wow!" I think he said, "Very nice." Then he said that it needed a Velcro back so he could stick it somewhere.

8/8/07

Cashier Woman at Publix. She said, "Thank you." I just was dumping today's flower and the woman seemed to sense this. Or I am projecting. Who knows?

8/7/07

Pilot Woman in the Marriott. She said, "Hey! Thank you! All right!"

8/6/07

Woman Looking To Buy A Fan At Lowes. She laughed, thanked me and said, "That's terrific"

8/5/07

Woman Behind the Return Counter at Lowes. She thanked me and laughed a little.

8/4/07

Cashier at Publix. She said, "OK. Thank you."

8/3/07

Cashier at Gibneys. She thanked me. The cashier man next to her said, "Interesting. As long as she does not think it is money..."

8/2/07

Bank Teller at Bank of America. She was helping me open a new checking and savings account for my house. She thanked me.

8/1/07

Anna. I bought my house from her today! I gave it to her during the closing. She said, "How wonderful" and asked if I made it. We talked about the project for a little while.

7/31/07

JT at Octane. "Yeah, dude! Awesome!"

7/30/07

Cashier Woman at Bank of America. She cut my cashiers check for the down payment on my house. She said, "Isn't that wonderful". She was being a little sarcastic. She asked if the flower was the same color as my bathroom.

7/29/07

Server Lady at Waffle House. I think her name was Danelle, not sure. She said thank you and said that I was romantic. She pinned it to her apron and pointed it out to me.

7/28/07

Cashier Woman at Criminal Records. She told me they sold out of Mouse Guard that morning and she was very sorry. I asked her about the "Lost Tracks of Danzig" CD behind the counter. I gave her the flower but she was wrapped up in Danzig. She said something like "Uh." or "Uh k." Then she talked about Danzig some more.

7/27/07

Dan at Dailey's. He said, "Ahh! Right on!" I had a beer with lunch and Sheree had to help remind me what he said. Thanks Sheree!!

7/26/07

Woman on Break. She works at the food court convenience store. She thanked me and laughed strangely. She might have been a little uncomfortable with the exchange.

7/25/07

William Dent My House Insurance Guy. He thanked me and said, "Today is my lucky day."

7/24/07

Woman Smoking Outside the Marriott. I did not realize it, but she was speaking on the phone so I interrupted her accidentally. She said, "Oh. Thank you. I appreciate it."

I forgot to bring a flower with me yesterday, so this flower was given on the 25th.

7/23/07

Woman on Elevator Who Meant To Go Down and Not Up. She said, "Well, all right then!"

7/22/07

The New Guy at Octane. He laughed and said, "Excellent!" He said, "Thanks for that."

7/21/07

Server Man at Johnny Rockets. He asked, "Is this for me?". He thanked me.

7/20/07

Man Crossing the Street in Little Five Points. I was on my bike. He looked at it and said, "Thank you".

7/19/07

Cashier Lady at Willy's. She thanked me and asked if it was a tulip. I said no, it was just a flower, but it could be a tulip if she liked. She squinted at it and said, "It looks like a tulip."

7/18/07

Chris. He is an old workmate of mine and he happens to work in the same building I do. He said, "Nice."

7/17/07

Erin at the Hair Cutting Place. "Wow!" She asked if I made it and said, "Very cool. I will keep it forever"

7/16/07

Woman Beginning Her Shopping Experience at Publix. She said, "Yay!". Then, "Well, all right then."

7/15/07

Woman Getting on Elevator at My Apartments. She said, "AWWW!! Thank you!!" and smiled real big.

7/14/07

Jessica at Performance Bike. She did the "AwwwwwwAWH! Thank you!" thing.

7/13/07

Cashier Woman at China Kitchen at The Food Court at Chinatown Square. She said nothing. She did not speak English, I am guessing. She let out the tiniest laugh possible.

7/12/07

Lynne Sawicki. She thanked me twice. She said she was going to put in her pocket, but then taped it to her side of the meat case. She said that every time I came in I would have to give her one and she would soon have a whole apartment of flowers behind the counter.

Hey! You need to go to her store. She just might make the best sandwiches in Atlanta!! Tell her the Flower Guy sent you!

7/11/07

Nurse Woman taking a Break from the Blood Drive and Eating Her Lunch. She laughed and said, "Why, thank you!" She then laughed some more. As I walked away, she laughed some more.

7/10/07

Drew. Heather and I met him while flying to San Francisco last year. He asked for a black and white flower, so I made him the one pictured here. He lives in Pennsylvania, so I am mailing it to him.

Update: Drew said, "i live in maryland GEEK!!!". We will now get to see if the postal service sends the flower back. How fun!

7/9/07

Sharon. Her co-worker has two(!) flowers and she told me that she would like one also. I told her I would mail her one and she said I made her day. However, I kept putting it off, but yesterday I found this envelope and it seemed perfect for mailing her flower.

Sharon emailed, "Aww, I’m honored! I’ll be checking the mail every day. :) Thanks."


July 16, 2007
Update! Sharon sent me the following postcard. How cool is that? Thanks Sharon!

7/8/07

Cashier Woman at Tomato Japanese Grocery Store. She said, "Who made this?" She thanked me and said it was cute. Today is my mom's birthday. On the back of the flower I wrote, "Today is my mom's birthday".

7/7/07

Woman walking to her Ultimate Disc Game. She thanked me and asked where field eight was.