Class is in session! The Flower Lady is once again disseminating Floral Knowledge to all registered comers, ably assisted, from time to time, by yours truly. It looks like an exciting semester is on tap. Here's the FL in her new educational digs.

 
The FL cut some roses this morning. We're still getting some nice ones.

Turtleheads-- think it's easy to get them to grow like this?



Always like to end with one of the FL's creations. The FL made this concept test bouquet for a class she did on the Flowers of Spain. It's meant to suggest a mantilla, made with carnations, the national flower of Spain. Ole!

 

The Flower Lady's Wedding

No, not that one, the one she just did flowers for. The Flower Lady lent her own special grace and class to the world of intense, high-pressure floral design by doing a wedding on Saturday.  The FL not only did the flowers, she picked them herself!

Here's the flower girl pomander with the flowers now attached:

Here's the unity candle:

Bridal bouquet.

 

And these are for the reception. The containers are refried bean cans! There were 18 cans! The bride's family was really tired of beans!

 

All in all, a great success. And this is what the Flower Lady's workshop looked like afterwards:

 

Around the Old Homestead

Well, it's Labor Day Weekend and the end of the summer. It's been an exciting week full of guests, domestic and imported. Now they are gone. The jet planes overhead sound sad when they take people you love away, and the Flower Lady and I are left all alone.

But there are always things going on around the old homestead. The Flower Lady has a wedding to do on Saturday and she is hard at work even as I blog, working at present on corsage rings. Here's a pomander she made for the two-year-old Flower Girl to carry. Cute!

The FL has the week carefully planned out. It looks like a perfect week to pick zinnias, of which she will need many. Word is the harvest is ready.

We've had a good year for strawflowers and turtleheads, too.

And it's been so wet, these guys are loving it! Get out the fry-pan for these beauties!

Just when you thought it was safe to go down to the compost bin:

To end on a more elegant note, here's a centerpiece the FL made for dinner with our international guests:

 

 

 

 

Back to Work, Almost

Summer's almost over and the Flower Lady already has a full schedule for the fall. Here, a test bouquet for a wedding with a fiesta theme. Classes too will be starting before you know it. Enjoy the season while you can!

My Heaven on Earth

                                                            Happy August!

Greetings from Summerland!

 

Hope you're having a great summer! Here's a view of our deck garden in the somewhat autumnal setting-sun light. Beautiful clear cool day today. It's been, on the whole, a wet summer.

Great for the cardinal flowers. They're doing very well and have prompted regular visits from our resident hummingbirds; unfortunately, I'm not quick enough to get a picture of them!

Atomic Flowers

Don't worry, they're not radioactive! The Flower Lady made this clever arrangement of electrons for Young Nephew Jack, who is headed out to Enormous State University to study physics. There he will be under the tender and watchful care of his cousins, who are older and wiser, ha, ha. Good luck, Jack!