Creepy-Crawlers

I confess:  I like afghans.  I might even have liked this afghan, were it not for someone's poor judgment. 

Look, you either put a flower (???) in the center of every pineapple grouping or you put them in none at all.  What's with this haphazard placement of "flowers" across the bedspread?  Why are they scattered willy-nilly?  (Aw, did someone think they were being modern and artistic?  Dat's so adowable!)

Also, why, for the love of yarn, did they decide to make the "flowers" so dark (in contrast with the yellow background)?  At first glance, it looks like the bed has been colonized by tarantulas!