Hi everyone,

you know, I just thought of something, and I thought I'd run it by you to see what you all think.

First of all, you know that the Czech tradition calls for flowers on Birthday. I'd say it's pretty typical to give a small bouquet of flowers to the person having Birthday. Now, I thought, that flowers die in a couple of weeks, plus when you have so many, you don't really enjoy it so much, and you have hard time finding place for it in the house... (You know how it was after baptizms and weddings in Czech...) Well, I thought what we could do instead is each one of us (if you chose to give flowers) buy something little more lasting like potted plant, or flower bulb, that she can transplant to her flower garden. I bet you she would always look at those and remember exactly who gave her what. I know she was telling me yesterday on the phone, how sentimental she is about looking at her old Birthday cards... She would look at those when she's lonely and she'd cry... So, I guess that's just something to think about, but it's entirely up to you.




Ika