Shine and I have a little Friday morning ritual happening where we go by the markets in town and pick up some fresh flowers. She loves choosing them and proudly staggers home carrying them, even when the bunches are almost as tall and heavy as her.Â
It’s interesting watching her make her choice. She has no prejudices against carnations. Quite the opposite, she’s often drawn to their bright crayola colours. She doesn’t know that roses play any special role in our society, the deep red ones simply please her, and ‘sniff the best.’ Agreed.
This week she chose some chrysanthemums. Not a flower I would ever go for but I have loved having them in the house this week. I’ve fallen in love with their intricate petal detail and caught myself admiring their ombre tones.
When it’s miserable outside having flowers inside is even more vital isn’t it. On the weeks that I can’t get to the market then I turn to dried ones to cheer me up. My favourites are these ones hanging in my kitchen. No idea what they’re called (help, green-fingered people!) but they’re almost papery to touch and have a metallic sheen that’s spectacular. They make me warm on the inside.
Nature is awesome, in the true sense of the word.
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Now go and cheer up Mammasaurus who’s not feeling her best this week. Tell her I sent you.
what a lovely little ritual! ”sniff the best”, you gotta love her!
She’s crackers 🙂
I LOVE the colours of those blooms. so lovely to find you x
They totally scratch a pastel itch, that’s for sure. Thanks for stopping by & commenting – led me to your lovely blog x
I really love your chrysanthemums. The colours, petals shapes….beautiful! Shine has good taste 🙂
I feel I should start a ‘Give Chrysanthemums a Chance’ campaign after living with these beauties for a week 🙂
I like them all – they are so sweet and pretty, and definitely cheer up a house under gloomy weather. We also have a Friday ritual of heading to our farmer’s market – honey and bread is usually what we get. Maybe we will have to start including flowers.
Ours only does food once a month, which is for the best as I always come home with waaaay too much. There’s something irresistible about little jars of local goodies isn’t there!
I wouldn’t normally go for these either, but those colours are quite unusual and pretty. I’m longing for the days when I can cut flowers from my own garden once again!
I must plant more flowering shrubs this year, I don’t have enough to be cutting every week. Must sort that!
What a lovely thing to do together.I must admit to being really anti-carnation (closet flower snob here!)
Chrysanths remind me of my nan and make me feel all happy – I love your photos here – just awesome and so so pretty xxx
Thanks you for joining in and sharing again 🙂
I do cringe a little when Shine goes for carnations. I’m guilty of standing in front of them to try & block them from her view in the hope she’ll choose a different bunch 🙂
Hope you’re feeling better x
I do like chrysanthemums, the pinky-coral colour is just beautiful x
I’m not a big fan of yellow chrysanthemums but these ones are more subtle. Think that’s why I like them. Thanks for stopping by.
What a nice routine to do that and a wonderful bunch that was picked. I’d like to grow Chrysanths this year x
Oooh, are they easy to grow? Maybe I’ll plant some & see how they get on too.
such nice soft and feminine colours of the chrysanthemums she hass a good eye i bet she loves choosing them and your such a good mummy
Way more subtle than the usual oranges you see. So much prettier! Thanks for popping by x
We go to a local garden center every couple of weeks & get houseplants, but I LOVE the idea of a flower ritual! I crave plants & flowers in teh dead winter months!
I’d love to get more house plants but the light in our living areas isn’t brill & I’m not good at keeping them alive. Feel awful when they slowly die in my care. Flowers are much less pressure! 🙂