Grab A Handful

walking by a florist on California, I see this basket of petals with a sign: Grab a Handful. I put down my mocha & box of cinnamon toast to photograph this basket of beauty. Florists come out. Is it okay, I ask? Sure, they say, & grab a handful, toss them in the air. And I do. Petals drift down on my head, my arms, the sidewalk. We smile. One florist gives me a rose. I offer my cinnamon toast. Their kindness in the air, flower petals too.