I went to one of the smaller shopping complexes near my home earlier this evening and they were having a display of various items for sale from shoes to digital cameras to something called Dempo Snow [do they work?] to bling blings and of course, as you can see in this post, FLOWERS.

I love flowers and even dream of owning a rose garden but I don’t have the time nor the mood for it. I do have enough space for flowers in my garden but flowers really need lots of time to nurture and I could ill afford them at this point.

Anyway, I took the opportunity to shoot these photos with my iPhone. See, I took ten shots and six of them are good enough for web publishing. I am sure that if I have used my Nokia E61i, most of the photos would not turn out well enough.

Question: Should I upgrade to Nokia E71 with 3.2MP built-in camera with flash?

As you can see from this series of photos, having a good product is one thing, presentation is another. I love the way that these flowers were displayed. Each plant has sufficient space to grow. Even in presenting something for sale, one needs to be creative.

You wouldn’t know it, but these flowers are all artificial flowers. I wonder who would fork out RM50 – RM100 per plant just to display these at home. Ah… I know; people who love flowers but are not willing to spend time planting, watering and taking care of them. People like me, except that I will never buy fake flowers! Hmmm come to think of it, I will never buy real flowers too. LOL

Some time back, I wrote a post on latex orchids. When I saw these plastic orchids for sale last evening, I thought I would take a few shots for comparison’s sake. I tell you hoh… these may look nice at a glance but they are really ugly lah, close up.

I took a cursory glance at the price tag but the figures have totally escaped my mind right now. They also stated the species of the orchids on the price tags, all of which I am unfamiliar with. Yes, even though I used to have orchids at home because my father loves orchids.

I guess I, on the other hand, just love to admire the beauty of orchids without going into the scientific side!

Of course, when compared, the latex orchids looked more real than plastic orchids. You know, when I came across those latex orchids, I thought that they were real plants but these, these looked uummm PLASTIC for want of a better word, and would make an awful Father’s Day gift!

I wonder if there are people buying these!?! Whatever for? I could think of better ways to spend the money.