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

[LadyPDC at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/30/2007 5:08:47 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
lady_flora at msn.com writes:

Greetings, Lady Luvaday -

We usually have vases with us.   But most people just buy a single stem from
us, to which we affix a  "drinker" or water tube.  Some folks just buy a mix
of flowers and  find a tankard or something at their camp to put them in.

But again,  I'm just kinda getting a feeling for all of this and I appreciate
your  input.  Very much.

-Flora





While I do agree with some of what Luvaday said, having never bought  flowers 
for myself and being unable to nudge the lout I was married to hard  enough 
for him to get the hint.  I do know that they do lovely floral  headpieces 
which seem to me to fit right in with camping as it has often looked  to me like 
every young lady in the forest suddenly donned such headpieces and  became 
sprites flitting amongst the trees.  Probably not period but  certainly giving 
moments of "living the dream".  
 
I am afraid that I would feel too self concious to wear the floral crowns  as 
it seems to me to be something for the younger and more active.   However, if 
something along the lines of a wrist corsage or upper arm band made  of 
flowers were available and in colors to match whatever I was wearing that  day, you 
can be certain I would be standing in line for such and  enhancement.  
Probably even buy some for friends as a wrist corsage or  armband does not seem to 
carry any sort of connotation other than, "lovely  outfit" or "my you did that 
well".  I have often given necklaces or rings  for the same sorts of reasons 
and would see no difference in using such  arrangements for the same thing.  
 
I guess I have hesitated on the long stemmed roses and/or the headpieces  
because they can tend to send a "different" message.  One which I would not  
intend.  
 
Anyway, there is a suggestion for you.  Don't know if it is even  possible or 
profitable not being in that business.  But I would indeed buy  wrist type 
flower arrangements or even those that fit the upper arm both for  myself and 
for others where I have in the past hesitated to buy the long stemmed  roses or 
headpieces (but don't stop on the headpieces, I love seeing a stately  forest 
turn into a playground for nymphs and sprites).  I wouldn't really  care if 
the wrist stuff were roses, seems to me that some different even smaller  
flowers with streaming ribbons would be just as lovely if not more so.
 
Off to bed with me now.
 
 
Mistress Constance de la Rose, OL
Barony of Loch  Salann
Kingdom of Artemisia



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