For those of you who guessed that the mystery flower was really a collapsed umbrella, you were right. Here is a photo of it in bud form: and here it is in full bloom:
I have had several of those because they come as part of the equipment with a new Volkswagen and fit nicely into a special place into the drivers door pocket. The neat thing is that you could grab the handle and it falls down opening up almost automatically. One morning in my office I kind of slung mine to open it. It came apart and part of it went flying across the room like a parachute… I thought my secretary would fall out of her chair laughing at me and my dumb action. (what a put down~!)
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 11:11 PM lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown wrote:
> lifelessons posted: “For those of you who guessed that the mystery flower > was really a collapsed umbrella, you were right. Here is a photo of it in > bud form: and here it is in full bloom: ” >
Ha! I have a small fan that does that.. just thin material on a circular wire that uncoils when you take it out of the pouch. If I’m not careful it launches itself, frizbee-like. It can cause some startled reactions.
and here it is in full bloom:
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Yay! I guessed it right.
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I have had several of those because they come as part of the equipment with a new Volkswagen and fit nicely into a special place into the drivers door pocket. The neat thing is that you could grab the handle and it falls down opening up almost automatically. One morning in my office I kind of slung mine to open it. It came apart and part of it went flying across the room like a parachute… I thought my secretary would fall out of her chair laughing at me and my dumb action. (what a put down~!)
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 11:11 PM lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown wrote:
> lifelessons posted: “For those of you who guessed that the mystery flower > was really a collapsed umbrella, you were right. Here is a photo of it in > bud form: and here it is in full bloom: ” >
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Ha! I have a small fan that does that.. just thin material on a circular wire that uncoils when you take it out of the pouch. If I’m not careful it launches itself, frizbee-like. It can cause some startled reactions.
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Very clever!
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I never would have guessed! 🤣
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