Pineapples too Cute to Eat

Flowers for Fathers?  Yes.  When your Dad is the biggest teddy bear you know and your Father-in-Law is an avid gardener, it makes perfect sense to pull together fragrant bouquets in their honor.

As hostess of breakfast for my Dad and a guest at my in-law's table for dinner on Father's Day, I wanted to create  centerpieces to dress the tables at which meals would be shared to honor the Dads in my life.


The selection of flowers at my local Produce Junction was limited, but inspiration struck when I reconsidered the plastic tubs nearest the entrance that were bursting with tall, proud sunflowers!  The sunflowers triggered memories of flowers and arrangements I had seen while visiting my Father-in-Law's South American birthplace, Colombia, in the Fall of 2005.

With inspiration from that trip, I made a second lap around the fresh flower section and selected some tropical accompaniments for the sunflowers, ginger blossoms and birds-of-paradise.  Perfect.  It seemed my vision was complete, but then I spotted the cutest floral fillers ever - dwarf pineapples! 

Have you ever seen them?  They were the perfect finishing touch and both Dads were pleased as punch with their Father's Day flowers!