Mother's Day Flowers

 This mum came from Brig and Linda - It is a mum, but looks like confetti.  Fun!  There were enough blossoms to make two big arrangements, and we've really enjoyed these.Enlarge these pictures so that you can see what the blossoms really look like.

 Ron bought the plant below for Mother's Day.   Please enlarge it and tell me what it is.  I'm wondering if I can plant it in a planter outside?????

When we were growing up on the farm, we never thought of Mother's Day and flowers. (My birthday at the end of May was another story - the lilacs were blooming by then, and we'd fill the house with bouquets in two-quart mason jars.)   However, the custom has become part of my life in these later years.  I never know what my Mother's Day flower will be, nor from which children or from my husband they will come, so it's always a surprise.  We are thankful for them,   because they brighten our days!