October 9,2011-- okra

I think you should match your arrangements to your energy level, and today, after gardening all day, I had little energy left for flower arranging. However: there were all sorts of things I wanted to celebrate and one was the absolutely beautiful pods of my red okra. Wish I could remember exactly when I planted it (very late, I think, but I decided to take a chance our Oct. would be as warm as this one), and my gamble paid off because I have okra just coming into pod right now.  I cut a couple of leaves off the okra stem to place them separately in the vase (below the pod and buds), but otherwise, this was a "one-clip and drop it in the vase" affair.