This weekend, it was quite warm and I wasn't inspired to bring any flowers inside although there are some beautiful blooms out there right now. Instead, while at Vassey, I picked some flowers that I'd admired at several other nurseries but were less than half the price so they had to come home with me.
Looks a bit like an aloe or agave no?
Vassey gets the coolest tissue prize!
Just up the road at Watson's Nursery, I'd admired this vase for several months but heaven knows I don't need another vase to add to what my niece has dubbed my "Treasure Trove of Crazy." It was the pineapple-shaped teapot from last week that sent her over the edge.
It's interactive. One can re arrange the flowers each time he or she walks by.
Since I like but don't need to keep these, I've decided to do a drawing to celebrate my fourth blog anniversary on June 27. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by June 23rd. Names will be thrown into some receptacle and one (or should there be five names - one for each item?) will be randomly drawn by someone else. Winner(s) will be announced on June 24th in what will be my 1074th post.
Wouldn't mind those vases myself, love 'em all!!
ReplyDeleteI think you may have more than one "treasure trove of crazy". Your niece has seen your greenhouse? Love the vase!
ReplyDeleteMy niece has not seen the greenhouse in person, only on the blog.
Delete4 years huh? Where the heck does time go? Congrats my friend!!!
ReplyDeleteOh and I love this interactive arrangement, well done!
Thankfully, I don't have to decide weather to draw one name or 5; either way its a very cool idea. I assume the "one comment per post" rule applys :-D
ReplyDeleteThe hight temps kept me from gardening yesterday, but not from eating dinner outside, in the shade of the giant birch with my feet in the cool grass and a margarita in hand.
Those are a nice way to cheat on a Monday meme! Congratulations on four fun years!
ReplyDeleteI really like this. And the "flowers" will never wilt.
ReplyDeleteThe vase is clearly a barrel cactus!!! Well chosen.
What intriguing artefacts, Peter - your niece clearly has no taste!! Are UK bloggers included in the draw...? Well done for 4 years of blogging :)
ReplyDeleteEach is lovely all on its own but I was impressed by the combination. I'd forgotten that you've been blogging just about 6 months longer than I have - I always think of you as an old hand at blogging!
ReplyDeleteOH I love these porcelain flowers....my aunt had some. And they make a fine vase for a hot day!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to celebrate your upcoming 4th anniversary. Love your cheating vase…the green flower is calling my name.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been following you for 4 years....more like two years but I certainly enjoy your posts and your garden.
ReplyDeleteIt would be wonderful to win one of these or the whole collection. I'll have to start looking for these on my nursery haunts--somehow I've missed them. I love your interactive display!
ReplyDeleteWow, congrats on the (almost) blogaversary! Those are all beautiful, but don't you want to keep them? ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh, Peter, I think I handled each one of those pretty flowers you bought at Vassey's! As you can see, I left them for you. And I left that vase at Watson's too. So glad you scooped them all up and made this wonderful arrangement!
ReplyDeleteJust four? It feels like you've been here, in the blogosphere forever, Peter!
ReplyDeleteHere's to at least another 4 years, Peter!
ReplyDeleteAll the world loves a...cheater...when it's done so artfully.
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