Lab ... the NEW Peony Park

 Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Phlebotomists, blood samples, obnoxious vendor representatives ... and peonies. It's all in a day's work for this PR chick!

Spent the better part of the day babysitting coordinating a video shoot about a product one of our vendors has in our consolidated lab and one of our hospital labs. Awesome job I have, right? The best part, however, was when one of the women who works at the lab brought in dozens of these beautiful peonies from her garden.

Apparently she does this a couple times each summer to brighten up the place a little - and I couldn't be more jealous of the men and women who work in that lab. However (and not to make it completely about me - although it IS my blog ...), when I told the woman that peonies are my absolute favorite and that my one gardening goal this year is to plant some, she gave me a little advice. Plant peonies in the fall. She didn't tell me why - but c'mon, look at how beautiful her's are ... I would be stupid not to follow her advice.

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"Bread feeds the body,  indeed - but flowers feed also the soul." ~ The Koran

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So ... come fall, I will (hopefully) be the proud owner and caretaker of a peony bush!