[Artemisia] A word about merchants (ok, a NOVEL about merchants)

[Lady Flora]

Dear Aurora - 

And NEVER would we ever want anyone to think that we are denying you, or
anyone, the sheer pleasure of sharing the gifts of your garden with the
populace.  We would never even consider such a thing.  Please don't
misinterpret my missive.  When we have fresh flowers from OUR garden, or
fresh produce, we LOVE to share it with the populace.  Not even an issue, my
dear friend.

I don't think that your valued contribution to the ambiance of any given
event has any impact on our sales at all, as the season of the year seems
not to make a difference on whether our flower sales are successful or not.
Like I said, merchanting (especially flowers) is always a crap shoot.  It
just seems that perhaps our flowers have lost their novelty and are more
expensive than what one can get at any corner retail store.  So we just
wanted to take a kind of straw pole of the populace to see if they would be
missed if we give them up and focus on other wares.

And your lovely bouquets from your own garden are much more period than the
hybridized long stem flowers that we have sold in the past - which is why we
are asking if people would rather see smaller flowers or more native
flowers.

Thank you for responding, dear lady.

As Always 
Lady Flora

-----Original Message-----
From: artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org
[mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Tavares
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:46 PM
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] A word about merchants (ok, a NOVEL about
merchants)

Beloved Lady Flora, > However, the last year or so, we have lost our shirts
on flowers....<snip> Ah, your flower losses wouldn't happen to coincide with
my attendance, would they? I tend to bring a large vase of roses and
whatever else is blooming in my garden to every event during the growing
season. Most of them end up on the little tables between the royal and
baronial thrones...
 
 
Aurora de Portugal
BLS rose lover
 
 
 
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