We popped into Waitrose today to pick up our shop, click and collect. There were two substitute items which we did not want to accept so we rejected them. Luckily I found the items in store, which begs the question why were they substituted? …also some of the lead dates were very short…I let that go and sorry I am digressing.
We packed the shopping and left. Hubby pointed out that they had given us a bunch of ( sad looking Daffs)…they had too many and so they gave us some. I said they look a tad sad I shall get a couple of bunches to cheer the up.
I went back into the shop and bought two bunches! The lady who took my money said “I put a bunch in your shop just now”
“Yes” I smiled, “good sales tactics. You give me a little bunch and I buy two more so they will make a good show!”
Hi it’s day 23 of Bee Halton’s Love Is In Da Blog. Todays prompt is Flora and Fauna. I chose The Move’s Flowers in the rain. It’s an amazing song I have a sneaky feeling it’s about drugs but that apart it’s a great song . It also has a lot of history ….
“Flowers in the Rain” is a song by English rock band The Move. The song was released as a single and reached number two in 1967 on the UK Singles Chart, and number four in Ireland.
The song was written by the Move’s guitarist/vocalist Roy Wood. As with many of Wood’s early songs, the basis of “Flowers in the Rain” was a book of fairy tales which Wood authored while at The Moseley College of Art.The distinctive instrumental arrangement, including oboe, clarinet, cor anglais and French horn, was suggested by assistant producer Tony Visconti.
Flowers in the Rain achieved its own place in pop history by being the first record to be played on BBC Radio 1 when the station was launched on 30 September 1967. Played by DJ Tony Blackburn.
In a promotional stunt for the record — typical of the band’s manager Tony Secunda — a postcard was released with a cartoon of a naked then-Prime MinisterHarold Wilson in bed with his secretary Marcia Williams. Wilson sued, and the High Court ordered that all royalties from the song be donated to a charity of Wilson’s choice. This legal arrangement remains in force to this day and is thought to have cost the group millions of pounds over the years. During the single’s chart success, most of the money went to the Spastics Society and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. In the 1990s, The Observer newspaper reported the royalties had exceeded £200,000 and found that The Harold Wilson Charitable Trust had extended the range of beneficiaries to include, among others, the Oxford Operatic Society, Bolton Lads Club and the Jewish National Fund for Israel.
“Flowers in the Rain” is a song by English rock band The Move. The song was released as a single and reached number two in 1967 on the UK Singles Chart, and number four in Ireland. Information Wikipedia
Woke up one morning half asleep With all my blankets in a heap And yellow roses scattered all around The time was still approaching four I couldn’t stand it any more Saw marigolds upon my eider down
I’m just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the power of the rain Making the garden grow I’m just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the power of the rain Keeping me cool
So I lay upon my side with all the windows open wide Couldn’t pressurise my head from speaking Hoping not to make a sound I pushed my bed into the ground In time to catch the sight that I was seeking
I’m just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the power of the rain Making the garden grow I’m just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the power of the rain Keeping me cool
If this perfect pleasure has the key Then this is how it has to be If my pillow’s getting wet I don’t see that it matters much to me
I heard the flowers in the breeze Make conversation with the trees Relieved to leave reality behind me With my commitments an a mess My sleep has gone away depressed In a world of fantasy you’ll find me
I’m just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the power of the rain Making the garden grow I’m just sitting watching flowers in the rain Feel the power of the rain Keeping me cool
Watching flowers in the rain Flowers in the rain Flowers, flowers in the rain Flowers, flowers in the rain Flowers, flowers in the rain
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