Carlisle Flowers
Here in Broward County, home of Fort Lauderdale what does everyone do when they want to beat the sun? They go to Sawgrass Mills, probably the second largest tourist attraction behind Disney World in Florida. Today we went there twice. I will not bore you with details except for the one here in the picture. […]
The Bonnet House, named for the bonnet lily that grows there, is situated on a a barrier island in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mangroves on one side and the AIA (Ocean Boulevard), public beaches and blue, blue, blue Atlantic Ocean on the other. The plantation style house is built of cinderblock from the local sand […]
Further up the coast of Oregon from Cannon Beach is the town of Astoria, once know for its canning industry. The homes cling to its rocky slopes as you wind your way up to the point where you can see the Columbia River to the left and the Pacific Ocean straight ahead. The Columbia […]
This is something worth flying to Portland,Oregon to see, (besides your dear childhood friend) then driving 70 miles to the beach. A lava formation that stands 235 feet tall, it just sticks out of the water like Mont St. Michel on the Normandy Coast of France. Only it’s not inhabitated by a living thing just seagulls […]
Here is a mixed bouquet from Sam’s Club. I was drawn to the wonderful blue agapanthus and deep red gerbers so I bought it with an experiment in mind. How many arrangements could I make with all this material: 4 red gerber daisies, 5 red alstromeria, 3 blue agapanthus, 3 blue delphinium, 3 eucalyptus, […]
Seventh arrangement – this is probably my favorite. So simple, yet the glass makes the daisies step up in style. These yellow daisies caught up in some long grass perk up any nook and cranny.
