Flowering of Civilization

The lead photograph in this New York Times report tells an interesting and humane story.  It's of Kenyan workers moving a large cart of dying flowers to be destroyed.

The Kenyan flowers were meant for European markets, but the flight cancellations caused by the Icelandic volcano resulted in these flowers never getting to market.

That part of the story is a bit sad.  Europeans who would have enjoyed these flowers don't get them, and the Kenyan flower-growers who would have enjoyed the income...