GOT INTERNET, but now have to run out to work :^(
I'll catch up later!
The FLOWERPOT Cafe' VII - Join us for a cup of Flowers!
Adele, that's good news!
A spring arrangement from the Flower Arranger magazine.
Hi Traci, more good news..Great!!
Ya'll check this website out
www.twogreenthumbs.com
Hi Pam,
Thanks for the link, I like those mini gardens.
If anyone has time, it would be nice to have some in the cafe!
New vase with Daffs and Forsythia stems.
Another view, adding to our spring collection at the cafe.........
Thanks stumpenursery. It looks like a fun hobby.
OK, definitely can't comment on it all!! Wow, ya'll have been busy.
Pam, thanks, I think I have a new obsession. LOL. I could create a Teensy garden. She would love it!!
Love the vase (I have one similar) and the arrangement is awesome, Terri.
Sue, I want your climate!
Star, isn't Alabama's weather crazy. Was it two tornado warnings in a week, plus a couple of weeks before, one did come through. Killed a lady in Leeds (about 20 minutes from me, for those who don't know Alabama). Cold this weekend, warming up next week and dropping again. I would bring in my daff's growing outside, but there is never more than one at a time. They either get frost bit or blown away.
Welcome Candee!!
Hey Adele!
Where's Karma?
The latest daff to bloom in the back. It is much different than the other. Any ideas Star?
Good Morning Everyone,
Hi Terri, I don't know why I didn't see your daffodil and forsythia arrangement before. It's beautiful, very springy and full of motion. My daffodils are just beginning to come up.
Beautiful picture, Traci. Did you take it?
Same here Adele, my daffs just showing the tips of green peeking up through the half frozen tundra LOL!
Lovely arrangement Terri, I really love the way you "bend, twist and shout"!
Traci, sounds like your climate is really tumultuous this time of year. At least around here we pretty much know what to expect. Regardless that is one fine daff you got there.
Candee
Thanks, she's mine and I did take the pic. I got a wonderful camera from a great DG friend of mine.
This is the second daff to show up. Here is a pic of the first one. My back yard is a secret garden, which even keeps secrets from me. LOL.
I am lovin your secrets.
BTW going to Michaels tomorrow and going to get some of those kenzans. I bought some fancy metal things from a catalog that sit on top of the vase and separate the flowers, but not as great as I thought and the kenzan sounds like just what I need.
Do you slit the stem before inserting?
Hey Candee,
I just took a walk around the yard and found so many new plants. It is truly amazing and I hate to leave it. I guess that is why so much is going with me :^)
I used the frog on the tulips and the lilies. Neither one needed to be split. They just popped right on. A bit of advice, if you are going to use it in a tall vase, like I did with the tulips, arrange them first and then drop it into the water. I kept having to take it out and put it in. I would do one tulip at a time. It would have been much easier to put them all on there first. LOL.
Another Lenten rose. There are about six on the plant now.
So pretty, my Lenten Rose are still in the bud, ready to pop phase. Thanks for the info on the kezan. I thought it may be easier to do the main arrangement and then put in vase as the one I use the most has a small bottom and wide top. Figured that would give it a start and then I can add other stuff as needed.
Hey all, just wanted to let ya know that I don't know how long I gonna be off line for.
We had storm last night and about 1:30 I jumped out of th ebed at hearing a big noise, thought my transformer had blown. The tv didnt go off, but i noticed my computer screen had somethign funky on it.
The screen was totally black and in the corner had this stuff that said, pc partial error and a whole list of things. I have a surge protector, but don't know what happened.
Stupid puter wouldnt shut off, so i unplugged it and let it rest the rest of the night, but when i plugged it back up this morning it wouldn't come on, so it at the puter place now.
Hopefully, it won't be bad and they get it back soon. So til then just have amemory bugging the back of your head for now. : )
See ya when I get back on line, Will try and check in when I at school a couple days a week.
Hugs!
Hope it isn't too serious. Try posting on the Computer forum as their are a wealth of folks that are very puter savey!
Hey Star,
Yep it was a dozy last night. I don't know if I should were a coat or a tank top. Came through, I think, about 2:30. I am getting a little tired of all this.
Good luck with the puter and you know we will be looking for you.
Lenten after it losts it seeds? The petals are tougher and green. It is very lovely. It is from another one I have pictured first.
After.....
Hi everyone,
Thanks for the comments on my daff arrangement.
I've been watching Liverpool today, another 3-0 win (sorry Sue, I know you hate football)! How is the job going?
Traci, your daffs are so gorgeous and all different varieties, it must be lovely to see what opens next, keep showing us!!
the lenten rose is beautiful.
Star, hope your computer is fixed soon, stay warm!
Thinking of you Karma, looking after your seedlings!
Just realised I haven't made anything since Wednesday! (long time for me) better get busy!...............
Rainbow tulips in glass vase with wire collar.
view from above.....
You are going to knock them dead at this month's theme, Terri! I love the colors!!
Beautiful colors in those tulips, you will knock them dead!
Hi evrybody!!!!!!!!
Finally back on line. brought my puter home on monday and it was still broke. Finally had to go sit in his office for thre e hours today til he got me back up and running and now gotta find where everythign is and what been lost and such , but wanted topop in uick and say Hi.
Wil catch up over the weekend. Got major research report due in the morning and with no puter I so far behind and just hoping my research data hasnt been lost.
Missed ya all HUGS!!!!!!!!!
Hi everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (just copying Star)!
Hope you are all keeping well? including lurkers.
I've had a mad busy week and have missed you all very much!
Next week the college where I work will close for 4 weeks easter holidays!!! I hope to sow seeds and tidy up the garden and allotment. oh and make a few arrangements!!
Star, so glad you are back online, I really hope you find your research work and manage to get your work in on time.
New menu tomorrow, any requests?
Well, I for one would love a cup of Daffodil tea! Yum, yum. My garden is starting to slow down and there is not so much happening in the way of flowering, (well, nothing new anyway) Gotto go have a yummy dinner that DH just cooked! DH thinks that DH stands for Dick head! LOL, Can I say that in the cafe?
Sue
I thought the same thing. LOL Only kidding.
Hello Star, glad to see you and hope you find everything you need for your paper on your puter. If that "expert" did what he could, it will be there somewhere for you.
Lovely yellows, never knew how much I liked that color until I came to the cafe!
DH - LOL, never thought of it that way, but say what comes to mind, don't hold back here!
Terri, That is a beautiful display!! You get an A++
I just love Daff's and they are so cheap here right now. Gorgeous, Terri.
Star, glad to see you back!! Hope everything goes well!
Well Sue, that means we get to make you drool for a while as you tortured us. LOL. If you see me write DH, that is EXACTLY what it stands for. :^D
More later, have to work!
hi all
how about this
i do not have live flower right now
so will these do
Hey Elles,
Originality and thinking outside the box will ALWAYS DO! Love it!
Glad to see you here. Come back often.
Traci
Hi everyone!
I'm still laughing about the DH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so funny! I'm sure such words are acceptable amongst friends!!
Sue, you can't fool me, your garden might be winding down but you still have fabulous plants and flowers all year round!!! Seeing as you asked for Daff tea, I will bring your order first!
Adele, you are too generous with your grading!!!! but Thankyou Miss!
Candee, so glad you are enjoying the yellows, thats all I have at the moment!
Welcome to the cafe Elle! Thankyou for our new cocktail, it looks exotic, I'm sure it will be a hit with our cafe regulars.
SUE! your tea is ready!!
New Menu.......
Teas, coffee, flower cakes and lemon meringue pie.
If you see anything you fancy, I'll bring it over......... all donations of flowers are greatly appreciated at this cafe!
That merinque pie has my name on it! Sorry everyone!
Fabulous!!!
Elles - looks like a mini parfait to go with all these yellow teas and such. Very cute.
Hi Candee,
Good choice, freshly homemade today! oh and there's plenty to go round!
I must tell you, I am in a pickle about the sticks and stones arrangement!
It's 80mph winds, raining and really cold here. I intended to do something outside!!
I don't have many stones and I'm still trying to think of something to do.
lemon meringue pie, (for those with imagination)!!
Oh, no you don't I claimed the entire pie!!!
Sorry to get you in a quandry, but you are ingenious and know you will come up with something unique Terri.
We have been having those high winds for months around here and wish they would go elsewhere as that chills me more than the temps.
BTW, they don't have to be rock stones; how bout "gemstones" does that idea help you?
That is a good idea, hadn't thought of gemstones! ...........haven't got any!!!!!!!!!LOL
Okay, how bout an album or CD by The Rolling Stones????????
LOL, where were these ideas Candee when I was making my arrangement! duh!
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Cool idea, rock chick! The first album I ever bought was called 'black and blue' by the Rolling stones!!
doubt it's still knocking around though!
These ideas are very abstract Candee, like it!
next!
I don't have any stones, but I do have Waterballs!!
