Not ashamed to confess I’m a flower freak. My neighbor’s tea roses stop me in my tracks. I stand over my freesias (they smell like Froot Loops) crooning “Grow, Grow!” And my children were late to school today because I insisted that we stop the van and pick some of the magnificent magnolias blooming right now on Habersham (a few months earlier than last year, am I right?)

Obviously, my family has it easy for Mother’s Day. But instead of a store-bought bouquet this year, I got to experience more lasting blooms:

Friday evening we attended artist and former skirt! profile Tiffani Taylor’s latest show at Hospice Savannah. Tiffani herself is as lovely as any of the flowers she paints, and her work is layered with gold, prayer cards, coffee grounds and other natural materials that make it come alive.