It’s a month since I brought home flowers. Time is ripping past and there is so much to do on the house, in the garden, and at work that there just doesn’t seem to be time.
But yesterday I decided to pick some Mother’s day flowers for a close friend.
So here are last month’s flowers and yesterday’s flowers.
Chrysanthemums are flowering now, the last of the pumpkins are inside, and the anemones are almost gone.
Weirdly, I found the first of the Paper Whites flowering yesterday – although the weather is unseasonably warm.
Absent Gardener 
Your still lifes are so accomplished. Love to see the range of colors and form in your arrangements. You seem to be making the most of autumn.
Thank you 🙂 it often seems to turn out that the fruit of the season matches the flowers.
I agree your vase portraits are stunning with the props you use….like still life paintings. And strange to see pumpkins when my garden is just flowering. Your flowers and pictures are showing a wonderful autumn.
Oh, my… that first photograph is beautiful. I actually thought it was a still life painting and had to look really close. Great composition and styling. And the flowers. They are just perfection.
Autumn flowers look very pretty in your arrangements and the addition props add a special touch. Great looking pumpkins!
Thanks Christina! I bought a mixed pack of pumpkin seeds – which is always tempting and always a mistake, as there are some which don’t match any of the 4 varieties supposed to be in the pack and even the ones which sort of match are hard to tell apart. So far we have only eaten a couple and still prefer the Buttercup. I grew these other ones called climbing squash which are totally wild looking, like a big cobra. I think they may also be called ‘neck pumpkins’ because you can wrap them around your neck.
The combination of roses, anemones and chrysanthemums looks most attractive – and what are the tiny yellow buttons? Strange to have narcissi appearing so so soon after all of these other blooms!
The tiny yellow buttons are Tansy – I grew them because they are somehow supposed to keep wax moths away from the bees. A bit smelly though – that bouquet was a mixture of nice rose fragrance and pungent Tansy.
Ah yes, tansy – I knew it looked familiar. Thanks
Lovely and autumnal, beautiful pumpkins.
Thank you 😊
You have dahlias already?, or are those just the chrysanthemums. I do not see other chrysanthemums, except for those little button things.
Dahlias are just finishing for us in the Southern Hemisphere. The Chrysanthemums are the little green buttons.
Oh my! How embarrassing! Obviously, your seasons are in reverse.
What a mix of blooms you have! But then I can always count on your arrangements to be exuberant.
Thank you ☺️
I love those zingy greens with the blues and whites and just a little splash of orange. As ever we are at the other end of the year here in the U.K. where everything is just getting going!
Thank you 😊 Yes, we are at that time of year where the days are getting short and you are rushing toward the longest day.
Absolutely beautiful. I love the blue and yellow. My favourite. I moved so no spring flowers for me. So terribly sad. So I am living vicariously through you.