As I get more in to flowers, fabrics and collecting vintage bits and bobs I think of my Grandma a lot. Amazing vase finds always bring a whiff of her home to me.

Her garden – a corridor full of hydrangeas, garden roses and asters welcomed and teatime with proper flowery teacups and an eccles cake warmed. Happy days.

Wonder what she’d make of my yen for glassware, a bristols cream sherry, how I like my cuppa yorkshire style, a daft collection of cakestands and being a florist now?

xxx

Weekends tend to be pretty sedate at our boat, newspapers, long breakfasts, a hopeful wander in the direction of the vegetable plot, bed, dinner and Jazz.

Other ingredients may have included:

1. Talk of barns, farms and france.
2. Hydrangeas to Highgate.
3. Marriage meetings in Mayfair.
4. Velvet jackets and velvet soup.
5. A mirrored guitar for the boat.
6. Discussing romance with Grandma.
7. Posies for a neighbour.
8. Sea Bream, Sardines and sillyness.
9. Pop up shops and popcicles.
10. Shotgun weddings and lavish lunches.

Rock and roll hey?
xxx

Flowers and breakfast are two of my favourite things and a nod from Dorset Cereals mini blog awards? Most definitely a full fat milk in my coffee moment.

So much so I’ve ignored dinner party flowers, a pail full of hydrangeas that need conditioning, a buttonhole and thirsty marigolds in my cutting garden.

This reminded me why I got Gypsy Rose writing in the first place. Having a beautiful site that I couldn’t update without pulling pony tails was driving me potty so spurred on by other friends fab ramblings, I got tapping away.

It’s an acquired taste I’m sure. Shoe lovers, fellow florists, flowers in your hair girls, culinary cats and interior princesses rate highly, but someone lovely likes it and if you do too, do vote. I may even get to move on their porridge range…

xxx

The rules…

1. Never ever use cellophane (unless you’ve mislaid your rain bonnet)
2. Choose your ribbon with generosity
3. Always write in blue with a fountain pen
4. Most definitely add your ingredients on parcel tags
5. Pearl pins only please
6. Go on ask them if they want a kiss
7. Don’t get so hung up on foliage
8. If you go make sure you do a Dexy’s midnight runner.
9. Steer clear of sequined butterflies
10. DON’T catch the bouquet

xxx

…you know who you are. x

I really wish I could take pictures like this…

A fine stripe, sweaty collar and a jaunty yellow? Must be an August wedding.

An absolute favourite Fab Four tune, indulge me tippity tap the record and play.

A fine pair of shoes. O’s new Great Gatsby trotters. They do great girls ones too.

xxx

Good things today…

1. Tussie Mussies for a fashion show.
2. Raspberry beret school bags
3. Discussing (avert your eyes) a colour themed wedding.

xxx

Flower shop shoes. Want, will and may well wobble…

Red dahlias and childish reads.

Out and about on my bike with old cameras.

Smile!

xxx

Wednesday is all about discovering like-minded friends.

Realising that Victoriana isn’t all about mustachioed men.

And feasting on floral fascinators and favourite films.