Comment on Behind the Blog by pauline
Oh! I miss our face-to-face chats, too. What do you do on Wednesday afternoons?
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For the past three months we’ve had class on Wednesday afternoons. But some at least after Christmas should be relatively free for a while. Where are you then? In your “garden” with Lily and the Bean?...
View ArticleComment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by Lucid Gypsy
I know how you feel, they aren’t a flower I would get excited about – except that in their season they do provide something wonderful that nothing else does, so yes these are lovely.
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Comment on Behind the Blog by Touch2Touch
Wow, it is hard to imagine you shutting up, keeping your head down and moving away asap — The Patti who photographs and writes your blog is an assured woman with great poise and aplomb (not to mention...
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Comment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by Touch2Touch
The original wallflowers! Good one, Patti.
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Flowers, with their gratuitous beauty, make me think of God or Mother Nature or whomever you choose to cherish simply lavishing gifts freely on us, his/her/its children. For nothing. All we’re called...
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I hadn’t really thought about that, Gilly. They are oases of color at a season when almost nothing else is left standing. They are survivors! (At least for a while.)
View ArticleComment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by barb19
The white ones are stunning. This was a fabulous chrysanthemum show to take your guests to, and your photos say it all – beautiful selection!.
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Serendipity, pure and simple. Thanks so much for the visit and comment, Barb. Is summer setting in your way? Must be nice and warm!
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Comment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by barb19
Our summer has begun (Dec-Feb) and it’s too hot already; looks like we are in for a hot and humid summer Roll on winter!
View ArticleComment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by colderweather
Beautiful post about mums! I didn’t have any opinion at all about them before, but I like them now — the white one in particular. Wouldn’t have known about that saint either, hadn’t there been a...
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Comment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by Touch2Touch
That’s quite a mouthful, to have your town named after St. John Chrysostom!
View ArticleComment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by FindingStrengthToStandAgain
I never think pictures can capture the true beauty of witnessing something first-hand. If this theory holds true, I am jealous of what your visitors were able to witness. These pictures are...
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One thing my research told me was the big difference between “exhibition flowers” (gorgeous, huge, intricate, fragile) and “garden-hardy flowers,” which are undoubtedly what you have in your garden....
View ArticleComment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by Crowing Crone Joss
oh this was a lovely wander. I would never have gone to a display of mums. I mean, seriously, mums? Your pictures make me change my mind, however. And, your incredible beauty shines through, never...
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Comment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by Touch2Touch
Well, thank you so much, Joss! (* me beaming *)
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Comment on MUM’S THE WORD FOR THIS FLOWER SHOW by La Pouyette - Karin
Although the chrysanthemums are not one of my absolute favorite flowers in general – I love the dark brownish-red ones. For me they “läuten den Winter ein” . I also have the kind of graveyard feeling...
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Karin! What an interesting idea, one I’ve never heard before — that white , the white for example of flowers like lilies and chrysanthemums, represents innocence, that death returns us to innocence....
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Comment on Getting By — With a Little Help from My Friends! by Touch2Touch
Thanks for reassurance, Katty! Now how about one of your wonderful cookie concoctions to complete the process?
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