Happy Thanksgiving!



No matter how late Thanksgiving is, it always seems to be early! Happy Turkey Day!

The Flower Lady and I went out to O-hi-O last weekend, and I would have to say the Spectacular Multihued Autumnal Display is pretty much over for these latitudes, except for this beautiful sweet gum we found in the churchyard.

We went out there for a surprise Red Hat party, which turned out to be an absolute shock to the intended victim, our sister-in-law. All I can say is, I don't think I could be as gracious as she was, if 50 people showed up uninvited in my living room on a Saturday night! And before you give my brother-in-law too much credit for pulling it off: he held the party a month early.

The Flower Lady made this corsage in silks for her, in keeping with the theme. We all wore red hats in sympathy.

"All the Leaves are Down, and the Sky is Blue"

The Flower Lady made a new wreath for fall, just in time for some very Novemberish weather. We've had wamer Thanksgivings than the day we've had today! October was certainly beautiful, though, a bit wet but still lots of sunshine through many colorful leaves (bright yellow, mainly). Now the leaves are coming down in earnest, and yours truly has commenced serious raking. Hope your coming days are spent in similarly rustic pursuits!

Zinnias still coming in nicely. We picked some for a friend of ours, Ron the Artist. Does he get them in water and put them on the credenza? No, he runs them through a scanner and photophops them!

 Speaking of artists, here's a picture of a design by Marie-Francoise Deprez. She's the French lady the FL was assisting a few weeks ago. The FL made some of those swirly things on the side, and she carried arrangements onstage without dropping a single one!

And look at this! Is that the biggest one you've ever seen? (The cauliflower, not my head.) 

 

 

 

 

Here's a design the Flower Lady made on Friday. She took part in a workshop on Russian-inspired designs. This is meant to bring to mind a Faberge Easter egg. It worked for me, it was the first thing I thought of. And here's an Easter egg we have, made in Czechoslovakia from a real shell, in a teacup! 

Indoors, Alas!

Weather's taken a wet turn--a bit nasty, even. We must turn our attention to the indoors. Here, a fall-inspired "vegetative" design, with candle. The base is a piece of grapevine trunk. Perhaps I can get the Flower Lady to comment on the technical details later on. A close-up of some of the work:

Found some time to go through the photo archives, too. Since we'll be spending more time indoors, this picture of a cozy corner seems appropriate. 

Abutilon

Abutilon. An "orphan" plant that the Flower Lady bought for 99 cents back in June. A third wave of blooms coming out.

Abutilon buds.

Abutilon. A-B-U-T-I-L-O-N. Abutilon.