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.

7/6/07

Woman Standing and Waiting for Someone to Come Out of the Bathroom. Bill asked if I had given my flower away and that I should give the flower to her. She smiled real big, thanked us and said, "You guys are the best!"

7/5/07

New Coffee Woman at Caribou. She asked me if I drew it, and said, "Awww. Thank you."

7/4/07

Money Taker Woman at RoboCup. She held it to her chest and said, "Thank you. I love roses. Thank you."

7/3/07

Woman Eating Lunch Outside Peachtree Center. She thanked me.

7/2/07

Man Resting Outside the Marriott. I told him I gave a flower away a day. He said, "Ok. Well thank you then."

7/1/07

Server Man at the Sushi Restaurant where Ben and I ate. He chuckled.

6/30/07

Pam at Cantoni. She said, "Wow" and thanked me. She thanked me again as we were leaving.

6/29/07

Cashier Lady in at the Peachtree Center Caribou. She asked for my name so that she could call me for my coffee. I gave her the flower and told her I wanted her to call me 'The Flower Man'. She laughed and said, "Ok, Flower Man".

6/28/07

Bernard. He said, "Cool. Thank you."

6/27/07

Woman Giving Out Chicken Samples at Chik-Fil-A. She looked me and said, "What is this?". She was wearing plastic gloves and acted like she did not want to take it. I told her it was a flower. She put the flower in the hand she was holding the sample tray with and said, "Thank you very much".

6/26/07

Missy at My Favorite Mechanic. She said, "Wow!" and thanked me for it.

6/25/07

Counter Man at the Flying Biscuit. Karl wanted to give it to him along with a Moo card. The man said, "Nice." He looked on the back and said, "It's dated. Is today the 25th?" A customer said, "All day long" and the man said, "Where am I?". We ate our biscuit and, as we were walking out the door, he said, "Thanks for the flower!"

6/24/07

Man Who Asked Me for Gas Money to Get Back to Forsyth. He said, "oh. Ok. Thanks man."

6/23/07

Woman Cleaning Elevator to Publix in Atlantic Station. She smiled and said thank you.

6/22/07

Brooke in the Trader Joe's Parking Lot. I took her grocery cart and gave her a flower. She said, "You're the Flower Guy." I did not know what to think about her reaction, so I just said yes. She said that she reads my blog and she is friends with Tom Bell. We introduced each other. Afterwards, Heather said, "That changes every thing. You're famous." Ha! It was odd that someone knew who I was. Very fun!

Hey Brooke!! It was nice meeting you, thanks for reading my blog!!

6/21/07

Man Working the Dippin' Dots Stand. He looked at me and said something like "ohhhwhhhwhh."

6/20/07

Jennifer. She asked, "What's this?" She said thank you and "How sweet!"

6/19/07

Woman on elevator. She said, "Awww!" and thanked me.

6/18/07

Woman sitting in Marriott. She asked, "What is this?". I told her. She laughed and said thanks.

6/17/07

Man Painting Pottery at the pottery painting place. He had wished me Happy Father's Day. He laughed.

6/16/07

Stefan. He said, "What's next, a ring?"

6/15/07

Aaron. It is his birthday. He said, "How cool!" and asked if it was a sticker. He said he was going to keep it in his pocket. Sarah explained what I was doing and he said, "Ah! It is a self betterment project."

6/14/07

Cashier Woman at Dairy Queen. She thanked me and smiled.

6/13/07

Graham. He was giving out cookies so I gave him a flower. He said, "Hey!!!" and asked me what it was. He thanked me for it.

6/12/07

Sarah. She said, "Awwwwwwwwwwwwww". She said "Aw" for a really long time. Her husband and her daughter each already have one, so she might have felt neglected. She said, "See, you talk with a guy about sex and you get a flower!" We were actually talking about intersexed individuals.

6/11/07

Woman attending the HOW Design Conference. She said, "Alllll right" like she was having to think about it. She thanked me for it.

6/10/07

Waiter Lady at Jefferson's in Rome. She thanked me and said some other stuff, but I just drank some beer and I do not remember what she said. She liked it alot though.

6/9/07

Beth. She remembered me from the band I was in during college. That was nice, so I gave her a flower. She said nothing about the flower.

6/8/07

Woman Working With The Stamp Machine at the Post Office. She thanked me and said she appreciated it.

I think I misdated this flower. I think I dated it June-9-2007.

6/7/07

Cashier/Owner(?) Man at Tokyo Shapiro. He said, "Oh! That's good." Then he said, "That's nice. Appreciate."

6/6/07

Woman Ticket Taker at Braves game. She said, "Thank you. Thank you. This makes me feel so much better."

6/5/07

Jenny. She looked at it for a long time and said, "What is this, lint?" "Is it a doodle? Is there drugs on it? If I put it in my mouth will it melt?" I explained and she said, "Thanks. I will keep it in my bag and it will be our (the frisbee team's) good luck charm"

6/4/07

Woman at Georgia Organics function at JCT Kitchen and Bar. She thanked me, slapped it to her forehead and said, "Look! It sticks!"

6/3/07

Kathy. She has wanted one for a while. She said, "Nooo!!!" She was happy, excited and thankful. She said a whole bunch of stuff but I can not remember it now. She told me that she had thought of what she was going to say and that would email it to me later.

6/2/07

Marc. He liked it. He said, "You are too cute."

6/1/07

Woman walking through tunnel. She said that I was walking too fast and that I should walk slowly enough to not pass anyone. She asked, "Did you do this?" She said good job and that she was glad today was her day.

5/31/07

Corey. He works from Massachusetts and is in the office today. He showed me that he still has his other flower in his notebook. He has a white flower and I showed him today's flower and that it had a green back ground. He said, "Give me that!" At first I told him that he could not trade up, and he said, "Why not!?". I gave him the flower outright so now he has two. He put the new flower in his notebook and said, "See? Bookends!"

5/30/07

Leann. She is new to the company. She did not acknowledge it at first and then she asked, "Did you just give me a flower?". "Did you make it or just find it on the ground?". I explained and she said, "Why, thank you."

5/29/07

Julie at the Slow Food meeting. She said, "Thank you. Thank you." and then, after talking for a bit, invited Heather and me to Italy! Hey hey hey!!! I just might go!!

5/28/07

Gate Helper Woman at Atlantic Station. She was waving at everyone who was entering. She said, "Thanks. All right!" and laughed.

5/27/07

Coffee Making Man at Octane. He said, "Thanks".

5/26/07

Woman at Kroger. She was at Target when I was there and we kept crossing paths. When I saw her at Kroger I told her she was everywhere and I gave her the flower. She said, "Thanks."

5/25/07

Cashier Man at Ali Baba's in Little Five Points. He said, "Thank you sir". He hung it on the front of the counter where they sold t-shirts and said, "The colors look good there." Go check it out!

5/24/07

Roseanne. She dropped a penny on the escalator and picked it up just as the steps were going underneath the guard thing (I do not know how to describe escalators very well). This seemed dangerous to me, so I gave her the flower. She said, "aww. Thanks". Bill and I were talking about Flannery O'Connor and the reading I went to of her letters to Betty Hester. She asked about that and she said she was from Sandersville, near Milledgeville where Flannery O'Connor is from.

5/23/07

Woman on elevator. She accidentally got in it while it was going up and she needed to go down. She laughed and said, "Thank you. How sweet." I need to stop giving flowers to people on elevators. It is too easy.

5/22/07

Woman at waiting for her trashy coffee drink at Caribou. She looked at it for about thirty seconds and then said, "May Twenty Second, Two Thousand Seven. It feels like this taken from a piece of art. Like you got another painting and cut it into a million pieces and wrote the date on the back." After she left, Bill said, "She was not that in to it."

5/21/07

Maintenance Man in garage. He said he was going to start riding a bike to save on gas like I do. He raised his eyebrows and said, "O! K!"

5/20/07

Worker Man at Utrecht. He said, "Hooray!" and looked for a place to put it but could not find one.

5/19/07

Karen on the Frisbee team. Charlie calls her Heather for some reason. I pulled a muscle last month and she was encouraging. She said, "Thank you. How sweet!", and she asked about the date on the back. She said some other stuff but there was a lot going on and I do not remember what it was. Our team ended up winning the tournament. We are on the best Ultimate team in Atlanta! How fun is that?

5/18/07

Woman at BP getting Half and Half for the coffee. She said, "This makes my day!! Thank you so much." Then she said, "What a sweet thing"

5/17/07

Woman on elevator. Yes, yet another woman on an elevator! I am in a rut. She said, "I thank you for it!"

This is the first flower from the second batch of flowers with green backgrounds.

5/16/07

Vasko. Yesterday, we talked about my giving away flowers and he did not know I was doing this. I gave him the flower and, with a smile and sarcasm, he said, "Ahhh!! My flower! Thank you. I feel blessed!". This was the last green flower. Kind of sad, huh? They were good looking flowers.

5/15/07

Woman getting coffee at Caribou. I told her that I give away a flower a day and that today's flower was very special because it is my son's birthday. She said, "Awww!! How old is he?" 6.

5/14/07

Woman sitting at a table, talking on her cell phone. She just looked at me.

The Green Flowers are almost out and I used this flower as the guideline to paint the next batch of flowers; an auspicious flower indeed!

5/13/07

Cashier Woman at the terribly named Inman Perk. She called me baby and anyone who calls me baby greatly increases their chance of getting a flower. She said, "Thank you for my beelup, um, I mean, flower." I asked her what "beelup" meant and she said, "Nothing. I was just talking about something else." She was about to say something else, but her Coffee Maker Coworker said, "I want a flower!!" I told her I would give her one but the Casher Woman said, "I will give you mine Morgan!" They went back and forth for a while. I could not remember everything they said. I sat down with Jamie, with whom I was visiting, and Cashier Woman called out, "Thanks again for my flower. Happy Mother's Day!!!" I do not know if she gave the flower to her coworker or not. It was a very complex exchange.

5/12/07

Ikea Employee Woman. She said, "Thank you." She put it in her shirt pocket and said, "I am going to put it right here. And I am going to keep it too."

5/11/07

Jimmy. He was looking for floor 40 in the Sun Trust building (plaza?). The complex of buildings where I work can be very confusing and new comers are always bewildered. He wore a seer sucker suit. He said, "Thanks", but I think he was really more thankful for the directions.

5/10/07

Lisa, John's friend (girlfriend?). She is in Texas and he wanted me to mail her one. I made a frame out of a blank greeting card. I used water colors to give the card some color.