Month: December 2012

Classmate Christmas card writing…. Remarkably good spirits all round! December Photo Project Day 20…. Only 5 to go! Continue reading December 21st: production line

Wouldn’t it be nice if every post bag had a parcel like this….. Continue reading December 19th: exciting parcels arrive!

Two very different winter arrangements. A white and green one with fat Amaryllis, paperwhites so scented they make you feel drowsy like Dorothy in the poppy field, pristine white ranunculus and some beautiful grey Cypress branches – smelling good and festive. Not forgetting my current crushes: thistles, wax flowers and twisted willow. All from Quince … Continue reading Light and dark (or Why do My Arrangements So Often Look Like Hats?)

So grateful for my little curly girl today. Carefully arranging fossilised sharks teeth. Continue reading December 14th: Blessed girl

I got me three fine pots of hellebores to plant out tomorrow… one with the poetic name Helleborus Winter Moonbeam. Takes me back to this.   December Photo Project Day 13   Continue reading December 13th: Hello pretties

It was ridiculously beautiful down our way this morning. Ridiculous. The river Adur looked a frozen grey green and the frost reflected the light around in such an erie way, like when the clouds are full of snow. The view across the river and over the Downs to Lancing College was amazing – every tiny … Continue reading December 12th: frickin winter wonderland