A Fitz & Floyd Chateau Tea
You’ve heard of cottage teapots? They usually feature a cosily thatched cottage, complete with a cottage flower garden. Fitz and Floyd upped the elegance a notch with the Chateau Teaset from the mid-1980s. Which I received as a gift when it first came out. Gulp....
Lilies of the Valley Mince the Minuet
Suddenly, it’s summer. After a long spell of wet, chilly days, the sun is shining, and the mercury is rising. But before we get too deeply into summer produce and vibrant colours, let’s pause a minute and say farewell to the lilies of the valley. ...
Magnificent Magnolias
I adore the flowering trees of April and May, but I’ve always clucked disapprovingly at the incredible mess left behind by the all-too-short-blooming magnolia flower. The pleasure-to-aggravation ratio seems way off. BUT – let’s not look a gift-flower in...
Painted Tulips Brighten The Day
Daffodils abound right now – Cape Cod is awash in them. I’m drinking in every moment of their beauty. But when I was in Trader Joe’s for my fix of Dark Chocolate Caramels, I was seduced by these lusciously painted tulips. One doesn’t have to be...
Floral Meadow for Easter
Easter is such a hopeful holiday. While I love Christmas, it marks the beginning of winter and many months of darkness. Easter, however, is the beginning of warmer and longer days (at least for us Northern Hemisphere dwellers). You can almost feel the world coming to...Follow Us
