Monday, February 28, 2011

In The House: March Flower Power

Like any good hostess, I spent a good chunk of Sunday preparing for  Monday's Flowers In The House.  Unfortunately I spent it in the garden.  So while one flower bed is clean and ready for spring, our house is in  complete disarray.
Luckily I had to take my pictures after dark .  Thus no one should be distracted from the poppies by the dust in the dining room.


 

Hopefully you won't be so dazzled by the light reflecting in the glass jar of snowdrops from our garden, you won't remember whose idea this originally was. 


And the Oscar goes to "cropping".   This magic tool allows you to drink in the beauty of the bedside vase of sweet peas, without seeing the unmade bed  and what might even be a pile of laundry lurking about.


Now I am off to visit again with the mysterious Mr. Linky.  I have invited him to join us today so we can leap about from house to house, oohing and ahhing  over one another's blooms and rooms with no fear of bad weather or flat tires.

Looking forward to seeing old friends and new.  Flowers from the garden and flowers from your local florist.  Flowers in the house.

Posted by flwrjane at Monday, February 28, 2011
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44 comments:

  1. Sara LouiseFebruary 28, 2011 at 12:57 AM

    I love Snowdrops! And although I don't have any flowers in my house at the moment, I do have a bowl of mandarins :-)

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  2. GillFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:03 AM

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  3. GillFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    I seem to be pressing wrong buttons this morning. I may have linked twice. Lovely SweetPeas.

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  4. Semi ExpatFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:18 AM

    Hope I have done this correctly Jane and apologies if my name is linked twice above on Mr Linky! Love the snowdrops in the jar - perfectly gorgeous and the Icelandic poppies are pretty special too. XX

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  5. UnknownFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:30 AM

    I think I have made friends with Mr SlinkykinkyMcLinky - thanks to you for hosting another lovely flowerfest!

    Poppies, snowdrops and sweetpeas all in one post, what a way to start my week!! Just lovely.

    I have scrolled up and seen my link has gone, so that sneakylinky is playing tricks, hope it sorts itself out - will try again later if not.xxx

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  6. rachelFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    Mr Stinky indeed. Am posting something truly horrible today. Real roses posing as plastic.

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  7. A Whole Lotta MagicFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    Hi Jane,

    Love this idea. Thanks for hosting such a fun party!

    S
    xo

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  8. JulesFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:33 AM

    What can I say...they are beautiful and you are becoming a very talented photographer!
    Pity about my link but I did say I would try! xoxo

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  9. JulesFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:41 AM

    I would love to have left a comment for Rachael but blogger is not allowing so I love the daffs in the blue jug reminds me of spring (it's only 6 month away!!)

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  10. the fishermans cottageFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    Love the snowdrops in a jar, great idea x

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  11. webbFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    The sweet peas are so lovely! i want them !! This is so much fun.

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  12. UrbanstemsFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    Yay you get my vote for The hostess with the mostess! Wow ye gals were up early. Cropping works the laundry can wait ! Sinead xx

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  13. Jane FlanaganFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    Gorgeous! Sweet peas are my favourite and so difficult to get here!

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  14. Judith February 28, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    Just popped over from SE what a great idea to display Snowdrops in the jar,love the poppies. Ida

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  15. Miss PickeringFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    Love the poppies.

    Envious of the sweetpeas.

    I "borrowed" flowers from the shop.
    xx

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  16. ErinFebruary 28, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    I so wish I had those Poppies!

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  17. AnnekeFebruary 28, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Love seeing all those beauties! Wish I could smell those sweet peas.

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  18. KELLYFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    oh sweet peas!
    hurry up may...i think if i could have some here it would lift my spirits. joining in your monday project most certainly has though so thank you! x

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  19. The Monkey Flower GroupFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    So pretty! I love the poppies with the clemetines.

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  20. anastasiaFebruary 28, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    thank you for hosting again. it must be the proximity to the sweet peas that's making your little buddha man so jolly. :)

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  21. Denise | Chez DanisseFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:48 PM

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  22. Denise | Chez DanisseFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    I see we are both in a poppies frame of mind. I've always loved them, the crepe paper like flowers, the tiny little hairs on the winding stems

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  23. Adirondack Flower FarmFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    What a awesome idea! Thanks for hosting : )

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  24. Sherri B.February 28, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    Wow, look at how many joined in, Yippy!! I didn't have time for anything else so I hope you don't mind the little plastic cheat...This is fun!!

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  25. MadeliefFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    Hi Jane,

    What a good idea! I can't take part this time, but I will try sometime soon. Have to take some photo's first!

    Your flowers look great! The little daffodils in the bowl so sweet and the lathyrus....I can almost smell them overhere ;-)!

    Happy new week & lieve groet,

    Madelief

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  26. sarah // SELVA floral designFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    those poppies are beautiful! love their movement.

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  27. webbFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    What a great Flower Day! It's been so much fun to see who's got what. Thanks for being our organizer. xoxo

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  28. MarieFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Sweetpeas and Iceland poppies are close to my childhood heart, when I learned to love flowers. My mom grew both, and we'd pick the poppies in huge bunches and singe their stems over candles.

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  29. MiseFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    I made the deadline by 46 minutes. Is there a participants' enclosure I could go into now to mingle and make small-talk, maybe have a small white wine?

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  30. MarieFebruary 28, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Pee Ess: Amanda's leenk, not working...

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  31. Becky @ Roost Flowers and DesignsFebruary 28, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    I'm in...better late than never! Thanks so much for a good time!

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  32. ClareFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:30 PM

    What a fabulous idea. I wish everyday was a flower party!
    Clare
    www.claredayflowers.ca

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  33. Ellen ZachosFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    So much snow on the ground; these flowers do a soul good.

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  34. the fishermans cottageMarch 1, 2011 at 2:46 AM

    Hi Jane, yes this is a new blog, I have been a lurker for a while now.. thought I would give it a go :).. thank you for the lovely comment.

    Deborah x

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  35. the fishermans cottageMarch 1, 2011 at 5:27 AM

    I must say, thank you for letting me join in.. just had a lovely few hours linking with other bloggers and found some lovely new blogs x

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  36. Avril March 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    Some tulips from the shop since spring is not quite here yet in my garden. Thanks for the chance to share your flowers, and everyone else's.

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  37. life, in small chunksMarch 1, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    I'm a day late (story of my life) and I posted flowers outside, as I currently do not have time to get any inside the house. So sad, right? It's been frustrating leaving the house in the dark and then coming back in the dark, especially now that we have such pretty weather!
    Karin

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  38. JuliaMarch 1, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    Jane,

    What a great thing you are doing! I don't have flowers right now, but I sure do enjoy everyone elses!

    LoveLy!!!!

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  39. OF SPRING AND SUMMERMarch 2, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Hi Jane,
    I love the pink sweetpeas! Wonderful
    Have a lovely week.
    Ingrid xx

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  40. DeborahMarch 2, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    Hi Jane, Thank you :) still getting the hang of all the blogging technology lol..still I suppose it takes a while x

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  41. JulesMarch 3, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    I'm slowly working my way through this wonderful journey. It will probably take me up to the next flower Monday to visit all and then I can start all over again!!!!!xo

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  42. UnknownMarch 3, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    ah nuts! I was just at the store, and passed on buying flowers - now I regret it. I'm off to see if anything remotely attractive is in my yard...

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  43. NiamhGMarch 6, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    Also a very big fan of cropping. Saves on a lot of tasks that one really doesn't want to do. Great work here, delighted to have found you. Thank you very much Ms. Urban Stems.

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  44. the little owlMarch 8, 2011 at 4:02 PM

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