It’s been a rainy spring in Texas, which means the normally incredible wildflower season has gone on longer, and become more stunning than usual! Even the piece of our yard that aren’t covered in sod (okay, and some parts that are, too) are springing up with flowers in every color. It’s incredible, and has made for some really fun, foraged flower arrangements inside.My kids love picking flowers for me, and while I always look forward to their fresh bouquets, I am sometimes at a loss for what exactly to do with them! Eliot insists one goes behind my ear, but the others usually are set down or tossed aside when they’re not looking.

To take advantage of the abundance of flowers, I created a couple DIY foraged flower arrangements, and completed some tips for turning those backyard bouquets into pretty, long-lasting displays. All of the tips and tricks are over on the World Market Blog.Eliot has become my official flower-picker, and he takes his job very seriously. I love watching him hunt through the yard, and near the mailbox, finding the perfect flowers with long enough stems that he can bring in for me to arrange.
Another benefit of foraging flowers– especially wildflowers– is that I have begun seeing them everywhere! Along the highway while I’m stuck in traffic, behind the garbage cans outside of a restaurant, and rather than feeling like my poor yard has been neglected, I see the beauty that surrounds me, even when I’m not doing all of the work. It’s incredible that flowers grow with rain and sun and soil, without any help from us. There’s a lesson in there somewhere. Probably one about the worth, meaning, and beauty inside all of us. Sometimes the best thing we can do is get out of our own way and become what we were intended to be.