Rust is rust
Last week I was making fun of our IT guy but Moses pietjes, now I almost sound like an IT guy myself. All that time that new Dahlias and new Lilies were passing by I could convince myself that it might be better to wait with entering until the moment that the new site was up and running. So now I'm stuck with the consequences. A huge pile of work that I have to struggle through.
In addition, a lot of minor flaws still need to be polished away, many of these flaws came from you as an observant reader, thanks for that. How could the web designer have overlooked them, you sometimes wonder. I also told him that a few weeks ago I threw a web designer from the first floor out of the window. You're kidding me? Yes, the fat spider that was walking on the ceiling of my office. Funny word actually, that 'cocking', have you ever seen a rooster cocking from his perch?
Amaryllis Aphrodite
One thing I have learned; that everything is automated does not mean that everything goes automatically. But it will work, we will get a beautiful assortment of Lilies and Dahlias with a lot of beautiful things and a lot of new varieties.
Lilium Volvic
Brand new this year is that from next week you can not only order the Lilies , but also immediately add the Dahlias to your shopping cart. We will send the Lilies immediately, but the Dahlias will remain in our shed for a while, we will send them after March 1. The Dahlias are still stacked in plastic wrapped in the cell to overwinter. Better if they remain with us for a while so that they dry out less.
Amaryllis Estella
I would also like to bring our shipping costs to your attention once again. I have certainly told you before that I immediately shook hands with the representative of one of the parcel services and thanked him from the bottom of my heart when he suggested to us whether free shipping was not an option for the Fluwel site. Not even 10 seconds later the cat was out of the bag, we still had to pay him for sending the packages. No, you have to spread the shipping costs over the sales prices of your bulbs, he told us. Everything a bit more expensive and the customer is happy that he does not have to pay shipping costs. Our customers know that free does not exist, I told the friendly representative, he continued to claim that it does not work like that. Sorry, but it is not in our nature, to let our customer pay a little more for one thing and then tell him with a smile that we can do the other for free. Then you end up in the category of 'the less you have to offer the better you make the offer'. No, not for us, free simply does not exist. Let us just offer good quality flower bulbs for a fair price. Not the cheapest flower bulbs, not the most expensive either, but top quality.
Well, what else do I have to chat about, Amaryllises? The cash register behind me is getting really pretty now. I walk over there 5 times a day, away from the computer, to have a look. I'll show you a few more of those sweets. Who knows, I might be able to inspire you to order a few more. Always a few for yourself and always a few to give away. Give away? Yes, give away to someone you love. And if you're planting a bulb in a pot anyway, it doesn't really matter whether you have to plant 2 or 5. This is really one of those jobs that takes more time to start than the job itself.
Amaryllis Candy Cream
We have given away dozens of them in the past months, with the result that we now regularly receive a happy message from a proud friend who has grown his bulb into an exuberant bloom. And that makes us happy too.
Dahlia Caribbean Fantasy
But I also have to continue entering the new Dahlias, I am far from finished. I am only at the C… Caribbean Fantasy was the last. A real weirdo of a Dahlia . It blooms very exuberantly, and the funny thing is that almost no flower is the same. Really, every flower is different, it simply cannot keep a measure.
Dahlia Bumble Rumble
It's better that I stop, otherwise I'll show too much of the Dahlias and then I'll have nothing left to talk about next week.
Kind regards,
Carlos
