Monday 29 November 2010

What is your favorite flower?


My favorite flower is definitely the Sweet Pea !
I love the colours.
I Love the smell.
And I love the idea, the more you pick the more you get !

This year they grow in my vegtable garden I love it to have flowers in my vegtable garden as well to give it some extra colour. This evening i picked several bunches and put the all over the place.


On my window sill in my kitchen. Don't you love the little vases. I bought them last weekend in Greytown.





In my bathroom.


The last bunch is for my bedside table.
Now I'm off to the kitchen, I'm making Taai Taai for Sinterklaas on Sunday. Never made it before so I have no idea what to expect, But I can tell you the smell is great.
More about our Sinterklaas evening in a later post.




7 comments:

Andi said...

I love gardenias the most but your sweet peas are so lovely! Must try to grow some!

LissyLou said...

sweet peas are gorgeous!

my fave always comes back to the daisy x

Corine(THUIS) said...

Heerlijk, even bijkomen bij jou!! Hier alleen maar kou, erge kou en sneeuw..doe mij maar de zomer mét z'n mooie bloemen! Lathyrus..ook één van mijn favorieten!
Groeten, Corine(THUIS)

Lilbitbrit said...

Laura Ashley at one time sold a beautiful sweet pea wallpaper with a deep matching border. My mum had it in one of her bedrooms. It suited her little thatched cottage.

They are lovely flowers, so nostalgic.

Christy
Lil Bit Brit

Margarida said...

Although my name refers to a Daisy, my favorite flower is the eternal rose. I love them red, so strong and delicate at the same time. Wonderful photos of your garden and corners of your house! Love.

Penny said...

I too love sweetpeas and grow them each year, I also love frangipani which reminds me of my childhood xox mmm I can smell them now if I close my eyes tight x

Madelief said...

Wat heerlijk dat bij jullie de reukerwtjes nog in bloei staan. Ze zijn echt prachtig! Ik had ze van de zomer ook in mijn tuin staan en bleef er van plukken. Zo mooi! Ik hoop dat de taai taai is gelukt. Zelf heb ik het nog nooit gemaakt. Ik wens je heel veel plezier met Sinterklaas!

Lieve groet, Madelief

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