Tag: Christmas tree

Flowers for picking

It’s a sweet morning task to pick sweet peas. I have to stand on the garden seat to reach them now, and some of the stalks are quite short. Two vases are required: one for short stalks and one for long. The fragrance is lovely.

A stalk of Christmas lilies, which a friend gave me from her garden on Monday, fills the air with festive fragrance, especially when combined with the pine scent of the Christmas tree.

Mum enjoyed decorating the tree on Sunday – supervised by Felix.

A sweet wee twee

My sister and brother-in-law kindly delivered a Christmas tree for us this afternoon. ‘Just a wee one,’ was my request, which turned out well as it seems to suit our tiny decorations. The tough little tree is able to hold heavier ones too, such as the angel on top.

Mum gets the decorations out of the bag

There are dangling decorations at the bottom to interest Felix, and plenty at eye level for little folk to see.

We’ll enjoy it even more as it gets dark. And it smells wonderful.

Aglow

It’s the time of year for brightness and abundance. Summer Solstice was this week and we’re on the downhill slope into the fullness of summer.

I arrived home at dusk recently and found my back garden glowing with the white flowers of feverfew. I’ve heard of people favouring white flowers in order to achieve this breath-taking effect. Now I know why.

The myrtle tree is covered with white flowers too – although recent rain has subdued it somewhat. The feijoa has very festive flowers, as does the fuchsia. The sweet peas are out and smelling wonderful. The Ake ake is a festive look in a vase, which I discovered after pruning it a little and deciding I couldn’t just discard the flowering stems. A kind friend gave us Christmas lilies.

Even the Strawberry Daiquiri Trifle I’ve begun to assemble, like a work of art, has a glowing layer of strawberry jelly.

Merry Christmas!