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.