Musings from the God of Cities

gorging on meat 'n' cheese wasn't the only reason the manpanion and i went to philly. in order to keep our homosexualist licenses valid, we gayed it up a notch by going to the philadelphia flower show. make all the jokes you want, but i thoroughly enjoyed myself. all through my childhood, and still today, my parents' house was full of plants that my mother cared for, and we always had a garden like the good immigrants we are. while i didn't inherit my mother's green thumb, i did develop an appreciation for plants and flowers, hence my flower show attendance. that said, here are some highlights:

first of all, of course, were the plants and flowers on display, like




these orchids




these cacti


and this succulent

oddly enough, the philly flower show isn't just about flowers. at least not flowers per se. it's also about creating weird and random shit with flowers, plants and seeds. por ejemplo,

animals made out of flowers and plants like this flower-tiger


and this plant dragon.

there were also competitions for people who created all sorts of crafty things from plant materials, such as these flower collages made with petals and leaves,







(this mantis collage was my favorite.)

these pieces of jewelry were made out of seeds, twigs, and other planty things








there was also a competition for small sculptures made from plant material



i heard two separate people refer to the type of seed used to make this sculpture as a
"monkey ball" which made me snicker like the 10 year old i am underneath all the back hair and male pattern baldness.

and speaking of balls, someone strapped on a large pair and submitted this sculpture into the competition

don't worry folks, it was made out of weeds, and not actual weed. the judge's comment on the piece was "components compliment each other. placement of plant material divides design." the piece won second place, which means that the judges either didn't know what the piece depicted, or they were trying to make the show more appealing and relevant to a younger, hipper, stoner-ier crowd. i guess we'll never know...

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