Gay men and flowers.

 Maybe it's a stereo type but what is it about gay men and flowers. Many of us love the pretty, pretty colours.. lol. I remember many years ago now, my friends were talking to their boys aged 12 and 14 about their uncle Phil. The parents could see that the boys were forming questions about uncle Phil but we're hesitant to ask. They assured the boys that they wouldn't get angry.

 Finally the older boy blurted out, "don't get me wrong, we love uncle Phil but.. but.. well we think uncle Phil is gay.. he's gay"! The parents smiled and said that they thought the same as well. They asked the boys what lead them to this conclusion and one of the things they listed, was how much uncle Phil liked flowers and growing flowers. That's when one of my friends said, "well Steve loves flowers and growing flowers and he's not gay"! Umm, ahem, oops tehehe, maybe kids are a lot smarter than they smell. I was no where near coming out at that time so I just kept quiet.

 Let's go outside!

 Jumping Jack's, these grow wild all over the garden and flower beds. They are a domestic flower but they are excellent at reseeding themselves, easy to transplant to any flower bed you want them, they have been growing here all my life.

Here is a better picture of the heritage roses, they hadn't been mangled by the beetles yet. Something happened to the bugs, many got hurt, muahaha! Still very different from today's rose. It makes me think of the first time I received flowers as a gift, I believe they were roses. They were given to me by my ex Dan, I remember feeling conflicted inside because flowers were traditionally given to women, I was a little embarrassed and my male ego, slightly insulted. I realized that I wasn't in a traditional relationship and would have to get used to this. I would eventually learn to love getting flowers and looked forward to getting them. Comical when I think back to how tightly wound I was. Now I would be happy to just receive any kind of flowers from someone :(   even a piece of lettuce would do these days. 

 My petunias are doing well again this year, they are my favorite flowers.

Hi Drangeas! How are you doing?

A Hydrangea flower, it grows on the north side and has been there most of my life.

I messed up my colour scheme, I should have put the darker leaf plants in the center and the green leaf plants out front.

Now, you have a test... can anyone name this next flower... what kind of plant is it? Jimmy? Anyone? Anyone?

Well if you can't guess no worries because it's a trick question, it's a potato plant, this is what their flowers look like. Funny thing about potato plant flowers, you can't sow potatoes too close to tomatoes because they are in the same plant family. If you do, the potato flowers will form something similar to small tomatoes but they are not edible.

 There, these are some of my flowers, but it's not gay to like flowers!!! Ok maybe it is but who cares anymore, it's only going to make me like a man more.. not less lol! As for uncle Phil, he came out of the closet, married a drag queen, one boy was best man, the other an usher at the wedding and everyone lived fabulously ever after! The end.