Monthly Archives: July 2017

THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

July 09, 2017

Golden Queen Globeflower

Unlike most cutting room floors, the Floating Petals Cutting Room Floor is not filled with rejected photos scattered on the ground or of flower stems that have been cut only to be swept up and thrown away. Instead, it's filled with varying perspectives of lovely flowers from bud to bloom that are captured in my lens. The weekend addition, the Cutting Room Floor, has developed organically from my s...

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FRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: DOUBLE CLICK COSMOS

July 07, 2017

Flower Fact Double Click Cosmos

Harvest cosmos when petals on the first flower are just opening but not yet flattened for longest vase life. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.

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FLOWER QUOTE: LAUGHTER IS THE FIREWORKS

July 03, 2017

Flower Quote Laughter Is The Fireworks

Happy Independence Day! MY TWO CENTS Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.… What would life be without laughter? It sparks such joy and connection with family and friends. It creates a bond when laughter is shared just as there is that experience of watching fireworks with others. There is beauty and something very awe-inspiring in both laughter and fireworks. Maybe it’s the innocence tha...

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NO WEEDING REQUIRED

July 02, 2017

Red Shirley Poppy

I love my perennial and cutting gardens in Vermont. There is always something to be planning all year round. I get the chance to peruse the flowers and seeds at the local garden centers and catalogs, plan each garden, play in the dirt, and watch a living painting emerge in our backyard, giving me joy all spring, summer and fall. Yet another lesson flowers have to teach me: to let go and let it ha...

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