This tiny bouquet is the first from our desert acreage. In ten days, we will have owned this property for a year. I have gone almost an entire year without flowers. Mostly blooming weeds with some lavender, these blooms brought me a great deal of joy.
ohh...finally, some blooms :D Is it common not to have blooms there, is it the weather? Too hot or dry? Sure looks pretty, nothing like having some flowers in the house...but how come there's no flowers growing for almost a year? I am sure you are looking forward to plenty of blooms :D
Pretty flowers...oh wait...are they cookies I see next to them? I can smell them! The cookies that is. What flavour cookies? Are they choc chips in those cookies? I like cookies :D
We have 3 species of plants that grow on our acreage year round (not including the juniper trees) they are:
sage brush rabbitbrush and bitterbrush  and, of course, weeds (like tumbleweed)
The High Desert of Central Oregon is hot and dry during the summer (100 degrees) and cold during the winter. Last year we had a week of -5 degree weather....brrrrrrr)
Which all means that not much grows here (or I should say, what does grow here needs to be very hardy which leaves out all the pretty flowers)
So elegant and lovely. I long to have a garden again. Instead I go to the green market. This week it was peonies. I agree, I couldn't live without flowers.
Awwwww...those colors are marvelous! I love all flowers and bet you are thrilled to have some bloomin finally! My mother has a lil flower garden here that she built herself at age 70! I love the wild ones bloomin!
I always think of a weed as something you don't *want* growing? How could you not want those pretty flowers growing? Definitely not weeds! And a lovely wildflower bouquet to boot!
that bouquet is so perfectly high desert!1 year so far from your home is a milestone that is so well celebrated by gathering the local beauty for the kitchen counter of your new home. i'm sure it has been a year of enormous change and new experiences! i hope you like it here in oregon :) xo
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A year without flowers? I might perish!
ohh...finally, some blooms :D Is it common not to have blooms there, is it the weather? Too hot or dry? Sure looks pretty, nothing like having some flowers in the house...but how come there's no flowers growing for almost a year?
I am sure you are looking forward to plenty of blooms :D
Your bouquet is beautiful, and very precious indeed!
Love the combo of purple and yellow in the white pitcher!
Weeds are pretty too, even those dandelions are bright and colorful :)
So pretty on your kitchen counter! Enjoy them and happy anniversary :)
Oh and by next year you are going to have a whole room full of prettiness with your newly planted landscape :)
Pretty flowers...oh wait...are they cookies I see next to them? I can smell them! The cookies that is. What flavour cookies? Are they choc chips in those cookies? I like cookies :D
Violet and yellow looks so pretty together. Love your white ironstone, too.
Very pretty! I love love love your white vases.
Peanut butter with carob chip.
I am, sadly, allergic to chocolate
M. Kate -
We have 3 species of plants that grow on our acreage year round (not
including the juniper trees) they are:
sage brush
rabbitbrush
and bitterbrush

and, of course, weeds (like tumbleweed)
The High Desert of Central Oregon is hot and dry during the summer
(100 degrees) and cold during the winter. Last year we had a week of
-5 degree weather....brrrrrrr)
Which all means that not much grows
here (or I should say, what does grow here needs to be very hardy
which leaves out all the pretty flowers)
these are lovely flowers, and even more special because they come from your land. i'm sure there is more beauty on its way.
They are lovely- can't wait to see what you reap next year!
They are gorgeous colours and look lovely in the white jug. Hopefully the first of many bunches for you
: )
That is just beautiful. Thank goodness for flowers!
I love the new blog look too!! Your new banner looks great.
So elegant and lovely.
I long to have a garden again. Instead I go to the green market.
This week it was peonies.
I agree, I couldn't live without flowers.
sweet purples and yellows! One of my favorite color combinations!
They're just beautiful! Love the whiteware. :)
awww I'm glad you got yourself some pretties.
What a lovely bouquet..very pretty color combo..
I don't think I've seen weeds so lovely as these!!
Awwwww...those colors are marvelous! I love all flowers and bet you are thrilled to have some bloomin finally! My mother has a lil flower garden here that she built herself at age 70! I love the wild ones bloomin!
Those are very pretty. It is hard not seeing flowers.
...an award for you :)
Beautiful bouquet! .. your kitchen looks very nice too, I bet you have the most beautiful house.
There's something so lovely and symbolic about those flowers...you created them out of nothing. Enjoy them@
I always think of a weed as something you don't *want* growing? How could you not want those pretty flowers growing? Definitely not weeds! And a lovely wildflower bouquet to boot!
that bouquet is so perfectly high desert!1 year so far from your home is a milestone that is so well celebrated by gathering the local beauty for the kitchen counter of your new home. i'm sure it has been a year of enormous change and new experiences! i hope you like it here in oregon :)
xo
that's the prettiest bunch of weeds I've seen! i love the occasional times when you give us glimpses of your beautiful home!
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