flowers

I got these flowers delivered to me at work yesterday. Totally unexpected. Aren't they beautiful? It's a nice combination of complementary reds, and I'm not sure you can tell from the picture, but it's a fairly huge arrangement. The roses smell wonderful. It's not in an ordinary vase either, but rather, a sort of wooden treasure chest. All together, it's pretty heavy.

Here's a picture of the back so you can see the chest.





I wish I could enjoy the beautiful arrangement more, and I would ... if they had been sent to me by someone I actually knew.

The flowers were sent to me by another employee who works at the same company I do, who also proferred an invitation to lunch, all pretty much as a thank you for my continuing assistance on a matter. But it seems overly done for a simple thank-you, especially since I really didn't do anything more than I would for any other employee, so I feel weird accepting something like this, but I can't very well return the flowers. I did send an email to the employee with a thank you for the flowers and declining the invitation. The flowers are sitting in the lobby of our department for everyone to enjoy because 1) the arrangement is so big that there really isn't anywhere for it to fit in my office, 2) I still feel really weird accepting it so don't really feel comfortable having it in my office, and 3) in my office, not many people could enjoy them, so at least with them out in the lobby, they can be appreciated by anyone who walks by. But, at least one consequence that I've been made aware of is that there's apparently gossip going around about who sent me such an amazing arrangement of flowers and why aren't they in my office and why am I leaving it in the lobby instead. Drama I so don't need or want.