Last week we celebrated summer birthdays. There were nine total, both family and friends who had a birthday on either June, July or August. To make the house more festive I picked up flowers from the market and added palms from my backyard to the arrangements. I used palms as a filler instead of ferns because they look great with just about all types of flowers, they fill up the vase and I have an unlimited supply. I also love white flowers with palms. The fresh and simple look of white is enough to spread cheer. I had placed the vases of flowers around the house and after a week they still have their bloom. Which leads me to the pictures of my bike. I love photographs that people have taken with a bike's wicker basket overflowing with flowers. Since I own a bike with a wicker basket, and I still have a houseful of flowers I thought I'd try to create my own photo by our garden gate. I'm still working on getting the k...