I find him enjoying the hospitality of the Crown Royal tent with his son who, on parole for growing what he calls "funny flowers," declined to be photographed.
Katrina wrote to her husband, who was stationed in London, "The maples are covered with their funny yellow-green flowers and the grass is that beautiful soft lush spring green".
With his peppery personality, his battles against vice and corruption and his radio performances reading the funny pages, the Little Flower made himself unforgettable, an apt hero for the 1959 musical "Fiorello!" His early public antipathy to Hitler expanded New York's special tradition of pursuing an independent foreign policy from City Hall, to the frequent consternation of the State Department.
In a YouTube video recently posted by America's Funniest Home Videos, a flower girl has a full-on meltdown during a wedding ceremony, which renders her unable to perform her petal-throwing duties.
Being a horse when you're meant to be a flower isn't funny, it's silly.
They are confounded by often being held indoors at funny times of year; the Philadelphia flower show being the most famous.
"He loved to draw sharks, tornadoes, volcanoes, ships, tsunamis, flowers for me and funny things for his dad.
Whether he's creating geometric graphs, portraits, paintings of bodega flowers, or just posting funny cat pictures on his incredibly popular Instagram account, his work is entertaining, funny, often poignant, and always visually appealing.
