Wowsers! That was pretty full on wasn't it?! Hahahaa!!
I cannot for the life of me contemplate a home life without fresh flowers :: for me they are vital to my well being, and during the few days/weeks in a year when I forget them, I miss them terribly. They bring colour, happiness and vitality to a room, and add a huge dose of undiluted pleasure to the days.
I really enjoy buying my bunches of seasonal flowers and pots of inexpensive bulbs from the market/shops, it's a sweet weekly ritual that I love. Daffodils, narcissi, hyacinths, tulips, sweet williams, stocks, roses, dahlias, sunflowers :: it's the Floral Year.
However, my summer/autumn homegrown posies are without a doubt my Complete Favourite. In my dreams, I would love to grow more of my own summer garden annuals as I love them so much, but as yet I have not managed to be organised enough. One day. One day I will create the back yard of my dreams, full to the brim with roses, sweet peas, marigolds, cosmos, nasturtiums, geraniums, cornflowers and sunflowers. I will fill jugs instead of little ink bottles. The flowers will be abundant. One day.
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Bloomin' loverley!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pamela Tomkins | January 02, 2013 at 08:36 PM
That was a fantastic trip!! I enjoyed every minute of it and resolved to buy more flowers for myself (but they are not as cheap here in the colder weather so I will have to be careful!) However, I do grow many of my own flowers from March/April to September. The balance is somewhere between the two--in spite of growing many of my own, it is still a great treat to buy them in all seasons for colour.
I enjoyed your colourful offering on the is cold, snowy day. Thanks!
Posted by: Wanda | January 02, 2013 at 08:39 PM
So Pretty! Happy New Year to you and your Family!
Posted by: Half Acre Wilderness | January 02, 2013 at 08:40 PM
Hello,I wish you and your family an happy new year , I am french from Marseilles and I love your blog , thanks you for your lovely creations and the beautifull pictures you share with us !!huggs
Nathalie
Posted by: Natyves13 | January 02, 2013 at 08:43 PM
The pleasure of working at home I guess. We're off at work most of the week and when we're gone the blinds are shut so I already have a hard time to keep my green plants alive. But in summertime when we're home more often I also share your joy of having fresh flowers (even wild ones from the fields nearby).
Posted by: Esther | January 02, 2013 at 08:49 PM
I bought a little flowery pot plant from the supermarket today and was thinking about you when I brought it home and was searching for a pretty decorative vessel to sit it in. Alas I have nothing to compare to your delightful crocheted pineapple tin cover. A brown plate has to suffice. But I agree I think the prettiness of blooms is essential and particularly at this time of year. I would usually want to keep the tree up as long as possible, but not this year, I just want it out of the house. May be something to do with the bug riddled festive season we've had! xxx
Posted by: Katy (Ioftheneedle) | January 02, 2013 at 08:59 PM
very colourfull and beautiful I love to follow your site. Best wishes from Barcelona .
Josefina
Posted by: josefina | January 02, 2013 at 09:22 PM
One day, sure, but you can try every year best you can, and I'm sure it would still be lovely! This post makes me wish for flowers in my own home! So vibrant!!! Xoxo, jess
Posted by: jess | January 02, 2013 at 09:22 PM
Dear Lucy,
Thank you for this wonderfull Post. Thank you for all your wonderfull Posts!
Wish you ans your family a happy and beautifull Year!
Yours, Kirstin
Posted by: Kirstin | January 02, 2013 at 09:28 PM
A riot of colours! Just beautiful and they brighten up the dullest day! Love reading your blog. Happy New Year to you xx
Posted by: Chrissies Crafty Corner | January 02, 2013 at 09:42 PM
A lovely colourful year in review post. Happy New Year Lucy!
Posted by: Louise | January 02, 2013 at 09:50 PM
What a colorful explosion that these photos carry! Love it!
I remember earlier in the year when you posted about crocheting around tin cans....that did it for me and I got right to work. I transferred the idea onto glass jars (because I have so many) and I have given a lot of them away as tea light holders for little gifts.
Thanks for the wonderful idea.
Best regards,
Birgitta, Iceland
Posted by: Birgitta | January 02, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Lucy, one word comes to me when I read your blog, "Color!"
Love all your colorful flowers! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Makes me happy!
Merry 💜
Posted by: Merry Thornsburg | January 02, 2013 at 10:11 PM
ooh Lucy I love your green spotty jug! I have two red spotty ones - but that green one is gorgeous!!! I love your flowers and all the colour!
Posted by: Nikki | January 02, 2013 at 10:15 PM
Dear Faraway Friend -- Reading your blog brings me great joy and lots of smiles. You have many gifts and I am so grateful that you share them. (Writing, creating, crafting -- is there anything you can't do?) I was noodling around on the Internet and came across a blog entry that immediately made me think of you. It is by another young mom brightening her home with bunting. When I saw the free poster download (with bunting flying in the illustration!), I decided to share it with you. http://familybees.blogspot.com/2011/05/buntings-and-banners-and-pennants-oh-my.html?m=1 Thanks so much for all the smiles -- you are a treasure! B-)
Posted by: Beverly | January 02, 2013 at 10:19 PM
Visual overload of lovelyness...makes me want to run out and buy some flowers!!lol,I agree,never can have enough flowers about.(or striped and dotted vases)Have a good one!
Posted by: Angela-Southern U.S.A. | January 02, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Such lovely, colourful photos, Lucy. And I've so enjoyed your last few posts, they finished blanket was a triumph. Happy New Year to you.
Gillian x
Posted by: Gillian | January 02, 2013 at 10:44 PM
To Lucy,
Everything you do is so beautiful! The flowers are so colourful that I am going to buy some - and make crochet ones of course!
Posted by: Verity Borrad | January 02, 2013 at 10:54 PM
Your home is such a glorious study in color. The entire rainbow, living together happily . . . it's like your home is one huge granny stripe blanket. :o) The flowers just finish it, like a blanket's border. Lovely!!!
Posted by: Annalea | January 02, 2013 at 11:08 PM
the flowers are just gorgeous! I hardly ever buy flowers for myself, but must do so more!
if you have a chance to comment, could you tell me about the toadstool on the bedside table? I LOVE toadstools and that one is just so cute!
Posted by: Lise | January 02, 2013 at 11:30 PM
Hi Lucy
Happy New Year to you. A gorgeous burst of colour for these dark damp days so thank you. Today I got the urge for pots of bursting hyacinths so will be on the hunt tommorow.
Lisa X
Posted by: Bobo Bun | January 02, 2013 at 11:30 PM
Thank you so much for greeting me with this lovely rainbow of blooms at the end of what has been a very long and dreer day.
Wishing you the happiest of New Years!
Posted by: sue | January 02, 2013 at 11:38 PM
Lovely flowers! I thought of you today when I saw a Christmas tree (on pinterest I think). It was white and all of the ball ornaments were the glorious colors of your crochet work. They graduated in color from top to bottom like on a color wheel. You would love it I just know you would! You could crochet all the ornaments and that would be even better! From the USA....Trisha
Posted by: Trisha Grant | January 02, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Wishing you a happy flowery new year!
Still love those stripy 'cat food tin covers'! If you ever fancy swapping one for something handmade from Dorset give me a shout.
Ellie
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Posted by: Ellie | January 02, 2013 at 11:48 PM
Yaay! I found the blog with the cool Christmas tree
Its called " The thing about daisies". You should check it out. Trisha
Posted by: Trisha Grant | January 03, 2013 at 12:18 AM