Doing my enormous grocery shop this morning I stopped to chat with my friendly florist and thank her for last week's lilies (marked to half because they were three days old). She pointed to a cart full of potted mums and explained that she was trying to get rid of them, that I could have as many as I wanted for a total of ninety-nine cents!
I chose white ones, and brought them home and tucked them in a (thrifted) red basket. Set in a peeling green chair, it's like a really cheap daisy-filled Christmas meadow. If there is such a thing.
Anna,Your beautiful pictures and lovely post help ease my heavy heart tonight.Usually when I check in,I go away with a smile. Thank you and Merry Christmas.I'll bet that red basket of daisies looks fabulous with the green chair.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiration. Your have such beautiful ideas. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of a simple decoration and using what you already have. The mums are beautiful set against the red. Great idea as usual...Merry Christmas..Tracey
ReplyDeleteWonderful Christmas gift to you from the florists!!
ReplyDeleteCan't beat all you want for ninety-nine cents.
I think a cup of Christmas tea and a piece of
Christmas cake in the Pleasant View Schoolhouse
would warm the heart of any one. Just too far
to pop in and besides I see freezing rain your way
this morning. For you and yours a very
Merry Christmas!!
Ms. Dale
Here! Here!
ReplyDeletefor random acts of kindness...
transformed to beauty that infuses Christmas contentedness...
~a rest to the mind, a cheerer of spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of contentedness; promoting habits of peace and patience in those that profess and practice it.
~Izaak Walton
So simple, yet so lovely!
ReplyDeleteSometimes the simplest pleasures are by far the most beautiful (inject happy sigh of pleasure). I need to make friends with a florist!
ReplyDeleteAmy
How very pretty, and what a lovely price for them, as well!
ReplyDeletethose are so nice and cheery!
ReplyDeleteThese are very beautiful. Especially with all the red.
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