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This was an experiment. In the lab we took a spike of purple liatris and split it in half to form the spokes in this arrangement. The sum of the parts got a passing grade.
This morning on the Today Show (NBC), Matt Lauer was interviewing President Barack Obama (at the White House?) and on the coffee table between them were roses. The men discussing world affairs were in the backdrop, the roses to the fore. That’s a nice arrangement.
How wonderful light. Throw these carnations in with liatris and salal leaves and they do the arranging.
The Year of the Ox. Didn’t have ox at the frigid outdoor farmer’s market today but the flower lady did have red tulips. So here we go.
Officer, we promise you this was not premeditated. We had some left-over flowers and this urn that might have come down from my uncle’s side of the family. And we have a witness, my son, who was here in the house when we made the arrangement. I’m sure it will be paid for when we […]
We have a pin cushion (orange), a swath of tropical green striped ginger, a nubby yellow yarrow, some mini carns for florals and the hem sewn by green berzelia. Are we talking Tommy Bahama or Jimmy Buffett.
He delivered a rose. Actually a dozen of them. She was the employee of the month, a new thing to promote the morale in the cloth factory. At least that was the obvious reason she was so honored. But did the boss, Henry, who lorded over the plank floors really ignore her red wavy hair […]
“No maintenance, no conditioning, no water, no weight. All you have to do is take off the tags,” says Jake Boone, the Baltimore floral designer who created these arrangements. Whether silk or fresh he definitely prefers “no budget” so he can create the ultimate in beauty.
The sway or curve of “Sweet Heart’s” dress by Royal Doulton shows movement, lightness, femininity that pleases the eye. Small flowers are placed on the bodice of the dress, but it is the dress itself that becomes the flower. (Small child, “Babie”.) Collectiion by a friend, a sweet heart.
Moon exploration in the 1960s riveted nations. We’d love to know whether the cart came before the horse or the horse before the cart. Specifically when was this vase made and by whom. Purchased on Friday, two days ago, it took ’til last night to determine how the astronauts where going to sit in the […]
Oh Lily, have you talked to Alstro, did she tell you that Hy, can you believe that Heather could have duped Statice for the Sunset… Roll Call Lily, Alstromeria, Hypericum, Heather, Statice and Safari Sunset
