My Today's Flowers offering is a large pot of blue Asters (Michaelmas Daisies). I always buy them in September in honor of my mother who loved asters and I look for the bluest ones I can find for me--so we both win. Visit Today's Flowers, the idea of Luiz Santilli who says on his site:
Its so hard to find someone who doesn't like flowers.Flowers represent all our best feelings.Today's Flowers is a virtual flower shop.
illustration by Cicely Mary Barker
Finally, Something for Everybody and a Garland for the Year, a Book for House and Home by John Timbs, 1866, quotes an old saying.
'In the Autumnal garden, the day (St. Michaelmas) is florally commemorated:
The Michaelmas daisy, among dede weeds,
Blooms for St. Michael's valorous deeds.
And seems the last of flowers that stood
Till the feast of St. Simon and St. Jude.'
Beautiful posting.... and Jane will love the flower Fairy...
ReplyDeleteTom
i love it! I'm sure your Mom's happy with that. Aster is also my entry for this week.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers, and the little fairy is just darling!
ReplyDeleteOh! How nice. I looked at my asters today, and I thought, oh, I should photograph you, too.
ReplyDeleteYours are lovely. And yes, it's hard to find someone who doesn't like flowers.
Beautiful blue Asters.Nice color.
ReplyDeleteOh Daisies are my weakness they just make me feel so happy.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love these! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIntense blue, very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo
Oh my, how pretty they are! I love the blue color!
ReplyDeletegreat shot! cute and beautiful..
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing blue! This is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI so love the complimentary fairy card.
Lovely post.
Nice plant! I posted the wild variety, not so compact and neat looking. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking -- it sure made me happy to see these!
ReplyDeleteNoni: What a beautiful display your Blue Asters are putting on today.
ReplyDeleteBlue Asters are beauties. I love this shot.
ReplyDeleteMy flowers are at Thunder Maker
And you succeeded very well to find the bluest michaelmas daisies. They are lovely! Thanks for your visit!
ReplyDeletebeautiful flowers!love the color
ReplyDeleteWe always call them Michaelmas Daisies here.
ReplyDeleteMine in my garden are still in bud, but when they flower they won't be a perfect or as blue as yours.
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As my grandson says frequently,
ReplyDeleteSWEET! Truly are beautiful and very blue :D
These are Really pretty!!!hughugs
ReplyDeletevery beautiful post, excellent.
ReplyDeleteWow. These are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteBlue, for me, is always a lovely color!
ReplyDeleteMarvelous Daisies!
Great post here in TODAY'S FLOWERS!
Santilli
Love this whole posting! Both pics are a delight!
ReplyDeleteI've an award for you to collect!
ReplyDeleteI'm finally catching up on the past couple of weeks. That Buddy Guy post and video was a real treat! And the flowers, too. I love those asters, but whenever I've grown them, they haven't thrived.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet both floers and a old kind of pic:)
ReplyDeletei love flowers and love baskets of flowers the most. especially in the home, but these days i can only keep them outdoors. ever since i got cats, who seem to get into everything, i can no longer keep these indoors and oh, how i miss them! these blue asters are beautiful. i feel the sudden need to go out there and buy a couple of baskets of them now for my front porch! :)
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