By Saskia Boggs, 20, reporting from Kalmazoo, Michigan, on the perfect bright spot (and inexpensive gift) for the dark days.
Before my birthday package arrived this month at school—bursts of surprise always extra welcome in Michigan February—my mom told me that she’d included something from my favorite kitschy little store back home. Fully expecting a cute necklace or maybe a DIY book (as moms do), I was surprised to find a plastic, solar-powered dancing flower in the box.
Yes, my mom had sent me a Two's Company Bee Happy Dancing Flower, the perfect gift for the depths of winter. These cheerful and cute little trinkets catch onto even the weakest rays of light, which make the leaves wave up and down and the flower sway from side to side. The colors are bright—pink flower, green leaves and stem, and a choice of either a blue or pink base—all especially great with the gray ick outside.
Seeing my dancing flower waving at me from my window whenever I get back from the icy trek from my classes to my dorm consistently raises my spirits. And the best part is, I don't have to remember to water this flower. These sun-happy blooms never die. And at just under $8, they’re definitely going to become my inexpensive-yet-thoughtful go-to gift for friends this spring—which has to be coming soon!