1. I can give the neighbours something to look at other than moi laying on the ground with a camera taking a picture of a blade of grass trying to discover the elusive bokeh. Cutting flowers is so much more, errm, regular, around here.
2. I can pretend I am a lady of leisure who goes around with a pair of (vintage) secateurs snipping and flower arranging all day long, oh wait, I do quite often do that, while Mr Beach Cottage thinks I am cleaning toilets.
3. Those same neighours can be happy in the fact that I am not yet again dragging into this tiny tatty old cottage another piece of junk that arrives on the drive strapped to the roof of the car – while they are twitching their net curtains and thinking that I may, or may not be either a bag lady or related to Steptoe… instead I am making the world a happier place by growing pretty flowers for all of the community to benefit from.
4. I can pop them into a vintage Mason Jar (in blue) and stand and stare for ages with a huge grin on my face saying I grew those, I like grew those, I like totally grew those…like, totally in my very own soil…in Australia.
5. I can stroke them and mentally add up the money saved on buying this bunch of flowers from the market and that which I saved by feeding my kiddos baked beans on toast all last week and buy that, ahem, piece of china I have been eying up for a few years and will soon be showcased on this blog.
6. I can wander around in a floral skirt and gumboots with a basket over my arm collecting flowers even if skirts make me look frumpy and whistle while I work and know that, there are few things better in the world, other than raising my husband’s eyebrows.
Goodnight.
What a lovely surprise to open my google reader to see your beautiful flowers! So happy to have your post visible. Please think about keeping it or at least showing a preview. Happy Gardening!
I completely agree with you it’s a relaxing act to go to your own garden snip your own flowers. They liven up any room, and bring such natural beauty.
I love picking flowers, from my garden or even from the side of the road. At this very moment I have at least four different places in my home where I have flowers in jam jars, vases, lolly jars and water bottles…. There are some gorgoeous fancy pancy still or sparkling water bottles out. Have you seen the New Zealand antipodes water?? well the bottles it comes in anyway. They have a beautiful shape. ( the water was good too, bonus). Thanks for sharing your flowers, it is pretty cool when you can say ” I grew this in my garden”. :)
Sounds good to me! Love the flowers and tablescapes ~~~
I so know what you mean about that “frumpy in some skirts”look.
Oooh, bokeh. I’ll have to look that up. I know you’ve used that term before. I’m about to buy a new camera which will capture my inner point and click talent.
alison
you will be on the trail of the bokeh, haha
You made me smile and today I need something to smile about, so thank you! Your flowers are beautiful.
my pleasure, thanks for commenting, that made me smile!
love home snipped bouquets
and quite honestly where would the fun in life be if we werent able to raise our husbands eyebrows every now and then ??
yes well it makes me smile lol! x
I love love love your tablecloth! Where did you get it/which fabric did you use to make it?
I got it on holiday in Noosa a few years ago :-)
Gumboots and a skirt whilst whistling…..you crack me up :):):):)
Love picking garden flowers too, sweet pea here and little pots of pansies ( to look at, not for picking !!) LUUUUURVLLLYY spring morning here, blue wrens are hopping around……aaaaahhhhh the serenity ;)
ahhh love sweet peas too Neen!
Hi! Sarah,
I have the very same armoire as yours in my guestroom and it holds my collection of American Fostoria. Yes, I have thought about painting it, but was skkeeerrdd to do it! So, I am excited about your armoire progress. You are brave and have tackled the giant monster. Okay, where is my paint brush?
Have a good week!
Karen
Karen, to be honest I loved this in the wood and have a horrible feeling sometimes of ruining the wood but I knew I would love this in white and it would stay with me forever hence the bravery part! x
:) I totally lay on the ground taking photos, and I have gotten looks from passer-by’s, but oh well.
Lovely flowers.
-Ang