Flowers for Friday!

I wanted to include more photos of the lovely gladioli that I bought on Monday...They slowly opened over the week and began to get very top heavy, so I had to swap them to a taller vase. I just love the colour of them and shall have to find out their name so that I can perhaps grow my own next year...

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This week I received this gorgeous bouquet of the most powerfully scented sweet peas from our friend Sue. Its been a while since we've seen each other, as we've both had a lot on our minds. You may have read on Sue's blog recently that her dear hubby is ill in hospital, so it was quite a surprise to have Sue turn up at my shop yesterday.

And laden with these too...what a lovely lady she is.

Sending lots of love to you and Pauley and the best of wishes for Paul's recovery. x

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I treated my shop to long stemmed roses this week...They fooled one sweet old lady who came in today...She thought that they were silk ones and so asked me the price. I explained that they were real and were for my customers to enjoy...She then felt rather bashful and told me that years ago she had owned a florists shop in Shepton and couldn't believe she'd made the mistake!

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Also today I've been lucky to buy a whole collection of vintage floral hand embroideries. They belonged to a lady who has moved in to a cottage in the town and so is now downsizing. She wanted me to find new homes for them.

Trouble is, I am so taken by them and have already been planning to keep some of them! I have visions of them on the wall in our back living room...I'd make patchwork curtains to give the room a more cottagey feel...reupholster the old arm chair...paint the dresser a deeper colour...! As if I need more projects?!

I particularly like this one of colourful anemones...

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Then there's this one in the beautiful circular frame...

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And this tiny one which would look lovely teamed with the one I bought from Lizzie a few weeks ago!

Maybe I could keep three, do you think?!

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And be brave and part with the others...

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Something to mull over, over the weekend, anyway!

Have a lovely one!

Niki x

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