january flowers

the first friday of january was all rainy, but it was the nice kind of rain: it stopped just when she unfolded her umbrella and stepped out of the house. are you sure?, she asked the sky. as an answer, she left the umbrella indoors and took an extra turn when walking back from the small supermarket. that's how she came past the flower shop, and saw the white pots with little yellow narcissus, just starting to grow. of course, she had to buy two of them, one for herself, and one for her painter friend who would visit her later.

the flower shop waitress wrapped the flower pots up in orange paper. all those spring colours!, she said to the shop assistant. the shop assistant smiled, then thought for a second, turned, picked something from the bench beyond the counter, and handed her - a fancy red flower. for free. all surprised, she said thanks twice to the shop assistant, and left, feeling like christmas. it was only when she was back home, looking for a place to put the flower, that it started to rain again, and that she remembered the fifth of her new year's resolution: to ask for the name of the flowers before she carried them out of the flower shop.

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some hours later: the riddle is solved. the flower's name is: amaryllis. it belongs to the family of amaryllidaceous. which, as the scienticts figured, also the narcissus belong to. which makes the two flowers in the photo actually sisters. and with that, unexpected an unplanned, solves the task to find an entry for this week's photo friday challenge.

- photo friday, challenge "sisters"