It was Irish farmer practicality meets home improvement engineering. My gran grew the flowers. My mum dried them. And I, yes I, arranged them in little pots filled with cement. Pretty flowers now with added permanence…
Having said that, the same practical engineering had us making rafts every summer for the river. A few of them actually floated…
* flares is Northern Irish for flowers…
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Flares*
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