So original and hearty. fun. thanks!

In a recent investigation of 124 daisies (British uncultivated garden daisies - Bella perennis) by the students of St Richard's School, Herefordshire, the average was 42, with a standard deviation of 6, so most daisies have between 30 and 54 petals.

Even numbers, see. Careful how you start, isn't it.

i love the blue one. and your poem and kim's comment. am going to buy a little packet of those things right this second.

Thanks, zanelle!

Kim ~ Now you tell me. Isn't it indeed. Hey - maybe there's some universal daisy petal law: those formulaic romance novels (Harlequin, et al.) always start with antipathy between the protagonists.

Thank you daisy jane.

femme ~ I loved Kim's comment, too. I wish I could hire him to compere my blog.

Wait a minute... do they have those little tiny candy hearts in Australia?

And is there a name for what you've done here? Evoke such an incredibly specific memory of a candy with a colored font? I can feel my verbal understanding reaching for other senses, as this thing sinks in.

"Sugar answers bitter questions"--doesn't it, though.

And then the brilliance of the "nursery-colored" candies.

But damn those inexorable daisies!