I’m taking a little of my own advice to my revising boys: if you’re stuck and nothing is going in, stop and do something else productive for a while. Well, I’m proof-reading a book and needed a break, so out into the garden I went, scissors in hand, to snip some blooms for a quick Monday vase to join in with Cathy and other garden bloggers.
Gosh, it’s lovely and warm out there in the sunshine – the birds are singing, the bees are buzzing and the flowers are, well, flowering. Tempting as it was to sit on the Erigeron steps and soak it all in, I quickly snipped a few sprigs of the Erigeron (which is looking gorgeous), some hardy geraniums (which are just starting to flower – look at the delicate veining on that pink one!), ox-eye daisy (coming in to flower), Cerinthe major (self-sown and seemingly flowers for ever), chives, forget-me-nots (almost all gone to seed but still flowers to be had) and Centranthus ruber in bud (I prefer the tiny flower buds as they’re a darker red than the pinker flowers). They’re all plonked into a lovely new jug from Waitrose which I bought as a present to me last week for this very purpose.
I’m off to the Chelsea Flower Show tomorrow with David – a whole day out in London looking at beautifully designed and planted gardens and loads of other garden-related stuff. Yippee. I’ll take my camera and will share my highlights here later in the week. Have a good one. Bye for now.
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A perfect arrangement of airy blooms from your walk in the sun! Looking forward to seeing your posts from Chelsea! (Lucky.)
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A perfect late spring arrangement which sings cottage garden.
I’m off to Chelsea too tomorrow with my mum – can’t wait!
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I LOVE this selection of flowers. So light and airy, and completely capture the feeling of early summer. Your photography is stunning.
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I am so glad you found time to pick these and have at least a momntary break, Sam – if I wasn’t hosting, I would like to think that I would still have made a point of doing the same as you 😉 Enjoy your blooms, and your week – and good luck with the proof reading!
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So pretty
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Just so sweet this vase. Most times my most fun vases are those I do not plan but just snip lovely little blooms and arrange them loosely in a simple vase.
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I can’t think of a better distraction! The vase sings of Spring. Enjoy your visit to Chelsea. I’ve very envious…
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Chelsea: how exciting! Have a wonderful day Xx
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Beautiful shapes and colours, enjoy your day out zjoy x
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Oh, Chelsea Flower Show, lucky, lucky you. I shall want to see ALL OF IT. Love today’s vase, so pretty and natural looking. I quite often distract myself in the garden. I just pop out to hang out some washing and end up snipping things or pulling up the odd weed. It’s a healthy break! Have a wonderful day tomorrow. CJ xx
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Really lovely photos, thank you for posting them. Here in tropical Oz we barely have a Spring- just lumber from one humid wet jungle season to another, so I appreciated your delicate wildflowers so much! Can’t wait for the Flower Show pics…
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What a gorgeous spring posy, and how helpful of it to take your mind away from work for a moment. All my self-seeded cerinthe was blasted away by the B from the E so I am envious of yours, and also of your ox-eye daisies, which I love with a passion. Anyway, always so nice to see what’s blooming on the South Coast, as I know that it won’t be long till those flowers are in bloom for me up here.
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Thank you for the lovely photos of the flowers
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Nice way to make a distraction productive. Thanks for sharing!
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Very pretty, early summer flowers and such a pretty jug. Enjoy Chelsea, looking forward to seeing your pictures.
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Wow what a glorious selection!
Enjoy your day, and we look forward to seeing the photos!
Love from me. Xx
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That is so pretty Sam! I can’t believe the Chelsea Flower Show is on already… no news about it here of course, so I shall look forward to your report! 🙂 Oh, and I must go out and see what needs a Chelsea chop too!
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Beautiful unfussy arrangement! And I love the pottery vase as well. Nice job catching the shadow of the flowers in the photo!
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Such an airy, lighthearted arrangement. I’m jealous of the Chelsea Flower Show excursion. Will have to look it up on line.
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That’s a delightful and really springy arrangement. By the way, I am one of the world’s worst proofreaders (always in too much of a hurry). This has resulted in some incidents at work that only became funny after a decent period of time.
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