Monday, March 26, 2012

Flowers In The Post Apocalyptic House


Sunday brunch.  Spinach and asparagus strata, oven baked french toast with wild blueberries.  Ripe tomatoes and avocados, a big bowl of fragrant strawberries, and runny and or smelly cheeses.

8 adults, 2 seventy pound Labs, 1 baby and flowers in the house.  In the very small house.

Who said we can't do it all?  Not me.

After a week of May temperatures our garden and neighborhood are full of April flowers. In March.


"Found while walking": local lilac just on the verge of full blown fragrance.


This is when you wish you had the scratch and sniff app, no?


And from the backyard, 3 weeks early, Korean spice viburnum.  The stuff dreams are made of.

Local cherry, the last of, our own mini Cherry Blossom festival.


The sweetest of the sweet, muscari, hellebore and brunnera, aka false forget me not.


I don't think anyone at brunch looked up and saw this vase full.  All eyes were on their plates or the baby.  mostly the baby :-) 

So until now this was my little secret.

And one more  flower, a perfect camellia bloom picked just before the rains came.  


Wow, is this what happens when the world is about to end and seasons collide?

What's in your house and garden?  Any tomatoes yet?

xo Jane


P.S. Sorry, I had to whip Mr. Linkey into shape here.  Let's try this again.

38 comments:

  1. I will say it again: you guys live well. I'm unwilling to read any more of your food descriptions until you let me know the date when you will be appearing in my garden with a wicker basket of homemade goodies and a pink metal collapsible picnic table.

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  2. Jane, Mr. Linky isn't quite right. I'll come back after Jazzercixe and try again. xo

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  3. Glad the link is fixed. Who would've thought of muscari as a cut flower? Lilacs in March??

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  4. The lilacs are beautiful. Love the soft mauve in the silver jug.

    I am quite nosy, I would have noticed the food, the baby AND the little vase in the dining room.

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  5. Hey, Janey, how are you?

    I new it was flowers here today, so I took some quick pics to add to my post before reading yours. We have made practically the same posy in a green bottle!! Our seasons are right in tune!

    Your brunch sounds delish. Richard made ours this weekend, he is a whizz at breakfast making, and a little bit tragic elsewhere in the culinary department!! Bxx

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  6. Flowers and food and you have lilac!!!! Im turning green. I cant even look at the muscari - Pixie the puppy ate ours!! Any food left over!? I'm starving..Sinead x

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  7. Lilacs? And I thought we were ahead of schedule! Your brunch and crowded house (by people, dogs & flowers) sounds heavenly, and that camelia is perfect. The scratch and sniff app would come in handy for the stinky cheese too!

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  8. Love the white Camellia, as well as the rest of your bounty! Isn't this early spring fantastic? (Am I the only one who is afraid of what this bodes for summer while enjoying this beautiful spring?) Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend!

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  9. i linked, well i think i did. it was acting up. your flowers in the house are making me seriously jealous. and that brunch is just making me hungry. not fair!

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  10. So pretty...so hard to pick a favorite...I do love Spring especially in your area. My son was born April 12th and I remember the trees lining our street in Northern VA were budding the day before he was born and on the way home from the hospital they were in full bloom as we turned the corner. I'll never forget that. Lilacs are so beautiful...I'm hoping I have some at my new house in CT.

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  11. Visiting you from Chania's place.
    Pretty flowers. Sadly, I don't take time to "stop and smell the roses". But I really should.
    Chania's Friend, m.

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  12. I got lost on the way to Shelley's so I have no flowers in the house. A few brave souls are trying outside.

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  13. Had to run out back to see if my lilacs are a'blooming and they are not! They are a'budding, tho. Am very jealous of those lovely blossoms.

    Fixed your baked french toast two weeks ago and loved every bit - even as leftover dinner a few nights later!

    Hope cold tonight doesn't do too much mischief. xo

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  14. Yes, I do want the scratch and sniff app for those lilacs, and the cheese. I saw the prettiest flowers at the farmers market yesterday and didn't buy them because I didn't want them to get smushed during our walk. Now I'm wishing they were here with me so I could share them with you... Sigh.

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  15. So love the lilacs, I imagine the fragrance is heavenly. Denise

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  16. It sure is Spring there!!! I'm hungry for those blues in my life. Lilac? already?
    I think someone should design some baby overalls that look like a vase. A baby bud face!!!

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  17. I need to bookmark this post for when I'm gloomy. The food descriptions, pictures of my favorite flowers, all the love in your house...Thank you!

    xo,

    Jen

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  18. Flowers not actually IN the house, but NEAR the house. All of the fabulous blooming trees where I live.

    xo

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  19. i could smell the lilacs, without the scratch n sniff feature! the bouquets are all gorgeous, and seem to be shouting "spring!"

    i'm in the midst of cleaning out my garden beds, and this week will plant early summer seedlings. the lavender and rosemary are blooming, we have blossoms on the boysenberry vines, avocado, cherimoya, citrus trees. spring is here!

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  20. Oh, you have lilac! Ours is just on the almost nearly-there verge. It just goes too fast! I love the little green vase! (I think I may have noticed...maybe...what was for brunch?)

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  21. One lovely, creamy tuberose is enough to sweetly scent the whole living room. Love the lilacs, don't have any in my new garden but definitely on my list!

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  22. hello, my first time here and my first time trying mr. linky.....i am a little slow!

    here in chicago all the flowering trees are in full bloom, a whole month early. the gardener in me knows it is really not good, but lovely all the same
    debra

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  23. What a lovely group of links today - and even some new folks.

    I need your professional help. My tulips are starting to bloom in earnest today, but am going out of town for the weekend. If I cut them in the morning, can I put them in water (with floral food) and put them in the 'fridge until Sunday and then bring them out into the house? Will they still be good? Will they bloom? or am I just out of luck? thanks. xoxo

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  24. Jane.. since I am new to this please know that by total ignorance I have two links... # 19 (which doesn't work) and #20... which I think does! Your flowers are beautiful as always! Thanks for giving us a chance to share.. even if it is someone like me who is blogtechnically challenged!

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  25. Ohh Webb, I think you can try it, BUT put them in the v.front of fridge, the back is too cold. maybe wrap the stems and heads in paper, newspaper or a kraft paper. This will help keep the heads upright and closed, then take them out , cut stems and put them in some cold clean water.

    Then, of course, let us know if this worked!

    xo J.

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  27. Thanks SO much. Will give it a try and let you know the result! xoxo

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  28. Very, very lovely. We don't grow lilacs well out here, and it's one of California's great weaknesses.

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  29. Jane..think there's about half an hour left to Monday, so perhaps I'm not too belated. At this point not sure what season I should be telling you to enjoy, but here's hoping you enjoy it anyway. Always a pleasure to visit.

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  30. Late to party as I was winging my way to Oakland to visit my twin granddaughters and help my daughter with her updating of the twin's bedroom. Cheated just a little, since I have no flowers in my house, but do have a post about outside flowers. Thinking of crashing your next brunch.

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  31. Jane that lilac is just stunning - and a vase full of it too. Yes, I'm jealous! Amanda xx
    P.S I'm sure I would have noticed that wee bottle with the winter rose and the muscari. Still need you to pass on the secret to getting those winter roses to last in a vase! Amanda xx

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  32. Sorry I'm late to the party...had all the pics ready to go..but no time to post on Monday. I'm off to look at the others...have a good week Jane. Robx

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  33. Such lovely flowers! Our lilac has never been so lovely, the scent is absolutely heavenly but I fear bringing them into the house lest they be overpowering. Your house is so interesting, such varied and neat pieces collected over time. Beautiful!

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  34. Hi Jane,

    You have so many beautiful spring flowers! Oh I wish my lilac was in bloom yet. Yours looks amazing!!!

    Happy day,

    Madelief x

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  35. Hello flower girl - I love this link! :-)

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  36. Oh, the viburnum Jane! There might be no better spring flower. I just love it! Your brunch sounds amazing. It's making me hungry.
    Camille

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  37. Any chance for the spinach and asparagus strata recipe? It sounds wonderful :)

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