Friday, 13 February 2026

Friday 13th February - flowers, flowers and more flowers

On Tuesday I got some daffodils included in my grocery order;


At lunchtime the postman delivered a little postman from Flowerbee. BB gave me a monthly subscription for Christmas, arriving on or about the 15th of the month. I found a little bone china miniature tankard for the short-stemmed trimmings - I hate throwing them away.



And finally I had a surprise delivery...

There are chocolates as well! The keen eyed might spot there are only eleven roses, sadly one didn't survive the transit. These are already beginning to open up.


Outside has been.... cold and damp...  while we were eating breakfast we watched a mist suddenly appear, rising up from the nearby stream and drifting across the garden, and then just as mysteriously disappering. It didn't start raining until about 4 pm though.


I'm fiddling around with a new poem...

In the grey damp February 

Everyone made moan,

Earth was wet and squelchy

And the sun never shone.


I think it needs a bit of work...


Now for another chocolate

18 comments:

  1. An odd number of roses is easier to arrange. Just sayin'. Happy V Day.

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    1. I shall need to rearrange these; one or two have chosen different places to the ones they originally agreed to.

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  2. I love the posy in the beaker

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  3. Sadly roses from florists dont seem to last very long. I do love tiny flower arrangements!

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    1. These roses may last a week, according to the care leaflet. Maybe. Possibly. Perhaps!

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  4. I too love small vases of flowers, yours are beautiful.

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    1. They are so cute. I should have thought of using the tiny mug before.

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  5. Rain is falling, cold and grey,
    Cold and grey,
    In this gloomy winter,
    Every single day.
    ~ skye

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    1. It's sunny this morning; the 'exception that proves the rule'? But at 'feels like -2' I won't be going out!

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  6. I have collected a few small vases from charity shops for the "trimmings" and I sometimes use them to take little posies of garden flowers to my housebound ladies in the summer.

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  7. What a good idea. I've some little old glass bottles, ink bottles maybe, that would be perfect.

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  8. I bought a simple group for myself. I need some color soore that than Valentines Day.

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    1. I think valentines day is overrated... flowers always lift the heart!

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  9. How lovely! Flowers always brighten the day.

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    1. Definitely worth splurging on flowers these past few weeks!

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  10. For very tiny bouquets I use old cut glass Salt & Pepper shakers with no tops.

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