Floral Delight

Autumn here this year is proving to be right up my street, and I am seriously loving these mellow, sunshiny days that still have a very slight tinge of summer to them. I bought myself some new socks yesterday, but much of the time I am still going sock-less, which really makes me feel oddly carefree and still very vaguely summerish. And yet it's November, and I can still manage to wear my red mary janes with no sockage! Happy days.

My back yard pots are beginning their sleepy descent towards hibernation now, but I just had to show you what my alive-not-dead clematis is up to......look! Look, look!! The buds are popping open one after another and I have a whole load of beautiful blooms to gaze at as I trundle in and out of the back door. I am so, so happy about the unexpected rising from the dead of this brave plant! I attempted to identify the flower this morning, and I think possibly it might be this one : Madame Julia Correvon. What do you think? Any knowledgable clematis lovers out there who can confirm? Anyhow, it really doesn't matter what her name is, but I just love that she is flowering at long last.

As I mentioned, the rest of the pots are looking green but sleepy. We've had some very cold nights just recently and now that we're in November I know that Jack Frost will be paying a visit very soon.

It means that gathering a small posy of flowers for the table is even more special than usual, as it may well be the last for this year.

I can never get enough of these intense bold colours, I really love them a lot. The reds, oranges, pinks and purples with a splash of yellow thrown in just sings Summer to me.

I've been thinking today about all the little back yard posies I've shared on my blog over the years, and how they always make me so happy.

Having a small jug or jar of homegrown blooms on the table really is one of life's true pleasures.

And yes, as you can see we're smack bang in the middle of a rekindled Hama bead obsession here at number 24. In her search on the www for cute little Kawaii designs to translate into Hama bead form, Little Lady has this very day discovered Pinterest. She has been genuinely thrilled to suddenly find all this amazing inspiration at her finger tips, and I know exactly how she feels. And I can also see a whole load of cute plastic animals and foodstuffs in my immediate future, awaiting my assistance at the ironing board. I've already melted a pencil (with personality), a cupcake and a pony. Could be worse I suppose, it beats ironing shirts.

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Comments

[Jean viserta]

I know what you mean about the pleasures of fresh cut flowers on your table. I still have roses blooming in my backyard. I picked some the other day. It's very unusual to have them this time of year on the northeast coast of the USA. Yesterday I sat out by my pool for a bit to soak up some sun. The cold is coming though. In 2 days it's going to be much colder. I'll be whipping out my down comforter really soon.

[Cindy Bee]

I will share in the love of your posies, since I don't have any of my own right now. I couldn't agree more, ironing crafty fun is much better than ironing shirts! And I love that popsicle person lurking in the background!

Cindy Bee

[niki murray]

Lucy, you are braver than me, I have succumbed to socks and boots...very chilly in my neck of the woods!! Lovely flower posy, very heart singy...I love hama beads, my little ones are too into loom bands at the moment, but on a cold grey Sunday afternoon I might bring out the beads....until then I will have put up with shirt ironing!! xx

[Jo]

My girls love hama beads too. I am not so keen on picking them up everywhere or the strange collection shapes I can not find a home for so we made mobiles out of their shapes each. It is very mathematical balancing the weights!! Jo x

[Heather Thorp]

You bring such joy! Bless you xx

[Anna-Marie Field]

Your clematis looks blooming beautiful and I can image how rewarding it must be to see such beauty raising from the dead!!!! Have a fab week!!
Love
AMarie
xxx

[Janette]

Dear Lucy

Thank you for sharing your photos. We were in Harrogate at the weekend and enjoyed delightful weather. Today in Perthshire the sun is shining brightly. We all feel so much more positive when the sun shines. I've been following your blog for over a year now but have not written to you before. I so enjoy your inspirational posts and love your crochet projects.

With my very best wishes

Janette

[Denise Marshall]

Your blog is always a joy to read and the pictures are beautiful too. You love all the things in life that I love too. No longer have a garden but make do with patio pots on our mooring which get lots of comments from neighbours. Also admired the beautiful print of your dress/skirt teamed with the pink cardie. Keep strong.xx

[Therese Prince]

Amazing what colour can do for you....lifts the whole day and everything with it. Flower colours are extra special, there is no "I can't sit next to you , we don't go together" about them !!!
Hope you day is uplifting for you.
Can't wait for the granddaughter to grow big enough to start the craft trail, like her mother before her!
Happy,happy days....

[Winwick Mum]

My clematis have been and gone for this year, I don't have any late-flowering varieties but that may be something I need to remedy. And you can never have too many pairs of socks in my opinion! ;-) xx

[Mama Bear]

Hello Lucy! Another beautiful post with lovely uplifting pictures to brighten our days. I have only recently discovered your blog but I'm afraid I am already a complete Attic24 addict! I am reading through all your archives from the very beginning at the moment and it is so much fun. I don't just love the inspirational, colourful crocheting and crafts (I have just started my first ripple blanket - knitted though as that's what I'm better at - with gorgeous autumn shades from Wool Warehouse), the pictures like the ones here and the beautiful, positive words that go with them, but also your yummy recipes! I've tried several so far and tonight we have your butternut squash risotto on the menu! We had the cherry tomato tarts the other night and they were great the next day too for pack lunches! I really have to thank you for sharing your obvious gifts and talents with us all - it is such a joy to visit here. I think you said in one of your recent posts that Yarndale is a festival of yarn and creativity - well so is your blog - and long may we all celebrate it! It is such a treasure, and every time I visit I find my heart has been uplifted - thank you! Oh, and we love Hama beads here too - even though my daughter is in her 20's now! We even enjoy just sorting them out into different colours - very therapeutic. With love and good wishes xx

[Jackie]

You can't beat Hama beads for a bit of creative play. My daughter still loves messing about with them and she's just turned 15! At least she can do the ironing bit herself now. Loving your colourful flowery world ~ beautiful photos as always :O)xx

[Laura]

Anything beats ironing shirts! xxx

[Fiona Burks]

Yes I concur, (I was horticulturally trained at the lovely Craven College). it is Madame Julia correvon, she is a summer (!) flowering beauty which you cut back hard in march down to 12 inches and feed weekly from April til September.

[tizabell]

Tell us more about these Hama beads! I don't see any sort of a pegboard underneath... how is that?

[Gillian]

Just about anything beats ironing shirts! Love your clematis - it's doing really well.

[Alison burns]

Hope your computer free week gave you a lovely break - I really felt for you! I'm going to go out and see if I can glean a posy from our frosty garden.

[Anne]

I remember these hama pearls from my childhood! Those were so much fun! But I am pretty sure my mum found lost pearls in the strangest places in the house...

Take care
Anne
http://crochetbetweentwoworlds.blogspot.de

[Gloria Philley]

I have enjoyed many Clematis blooms on my vines this Fall. Every Summer I seem to forget what a wonderful showing they give me, just as I believe all my flowering plants are hot and dry and tired, up pops vines with gorgeous flowers. And yes Lucy, I think that is MJC. Looks like mine. I am in Texas and you are way over there with much different climate yet the flowers look the same. Thanks for sharing so much beauty with us.
Gloria

[Jenn Brownlee]

I so love reading your blog! It's the reason I even started my own blog. I just wish I could sound as perky and cheerful and peppy as you do so much of the time. Also, one year, one year I will make it to Yarndale!! Maybe even next year. :-)
Well, ttfn
Jenn

[mari]

our clematis is deep purple and it blooms profusely in May :) thank you for sharing such beauty Lucy.

[maryisidra]

I truly thought that I was the only one to add "age" to the end of a word!!!Sockage foodage,leafage etc.. Dear Lucy; your fan from Alabama loves you and yours Because you just plain Make me FEEL GOOD.Thank You so Very Much (age) :) Mary I.B.

[Nancy]

Pinterest...I love it, but my wise daughter in law calls it "digital hoarding"! 😀

[Lyn Zalk]

I chuckled when I read your bit about the Clematis back from the dead.... many many years ago I planted 4 different types of Clematis - 2 each on opposing sides of a homemade trellis arch I had hoped would soon enough be covered in flowering vines... well it took 7 years for just one to grow and another 2 years for it to bloom... Decades later when we were considering moving our fence gate a friend suggested I move the tiny little clematis she found growing near the first one... Quite amazed it had even shown up and then of course concerned as I was always under the impression they did not like to be moved once established... Said friend commented move it loose it all together when the fence man appears.. so indeed i did.... and here we are twenty plus years later it they both bloom year after year - even though there is no longer an arched trellis they so cover the side gate and fence!!!!!
Happy to see you still happily sniping bouquets this late into Autumn!

[Louise]

Nothing nicer than a small posy of flowers from the garden as they always make me smile. I love hama beads too, the only time I iron!