My mother has a "less is more" approach to bringing flowers from her garden into the house and it is a tradition that I love to follow. Next to the chair where she sits in the evening is a table with a notepad, a coaster, often a dish with sewing essentials in, some chocolate and usually a small vase with a single flower stem. It is a lovely way of focusing on one flower, looking closely at stamens and petals and seeing details that would be lost in a bunch of flowers.
My favourite this time of year is the hellebore above - just look at the markings on the petals - but I also love these: the yellow forsythia for its colour, the white winter honeysuckle for its divine scent and the flowering currant for its shape and the beautiful mix of green and pink.
But I am still always bowled over by the cheesy romance of a big bunch of roses! These were given to us by some friends who came to stay last weekend. Thank you J, E, L & J xxx
Beautiful flowers! and that Hellebore photo is gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteGosh, those are absolutely stunning photgraphs!
ReplyDeletegorgeous flowers, great photographs too! Thanks for sharing :) sarah x
ReplyDeleteI love hellebores too....despite my neglect mine is thriving.
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