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."