pretty as a flower

i always forget how busy the weeks running up to christmas are. today i was at UPS twice. once for my mom. once for mself. luckily for me, there was a planter of frozen, and snow covered ornamental plants outside the store. this cabbage head caught my attention–how often do we see pink in winter?  i am amazed at how hardy this guy is. we’ve had below freezing temps for weeks now. i bet it’s still edible. if it were smaller (much smaller) i would wear it like a corsage, like those red poppies they wear in europe for armistice day, or a pink carnation.

cabbage