Tuesday 31 March 2015

Bottles and a splash of colour

Short post today, I am busy busy busy trying to find enough images, bits and pieces, embellishments etc for 12 ATCs for a swap with a very dear bloggy friend. 

The weather is still pretty horrid, not much rain today, but boy oh boy, it is so stormy. I was afraid some of our trees would come down, it was that bad on top of our hill. But all is well, phew, they bravely stood up to anything the weather god could throw at them.

Taking photos is a bit iffy at the moment though, because the light is still so very dull and because these old French cottages have small windows, it can get quite dark inside. So the picture of bottles on the windowsill, which I took for this week's theme at the Our Beautiful World blog, is not terribly exciting -


But also on the windowsill is a vase with some gorgeous and quite unusual roses, which my darling husband had bought for me last week. The colouring is quite amazing, splashes of yellow on the red, and once they had opened up, they looked almost like carnations from a distance -




They are a most welcome splash of colour on these dull days.

As always, thanks for stopping by, toodlepip xxx

10 comments:

Marci said...

Love the old bottles on the windowsill. The roses are so pretty, too.

Celestina Marie said...

Hi Liz, Your old bottles are so interesting and charming on the windowsill. Love your beautiful roses too.
Wishing you a Happy Easter.
Hugs, CM

Sylvia/LittleTreasures said...

Beautiful flowers..nature provides so many wonders. Our area is under a storm watch for tonight. High winds, heavy rain so doing my running about in a few minutes. Thanks for your fun post.

Dorthe said...

Yes, dear Liz, we need colours now, also here today is another grey and so cold day,- I think I need a bouquet like yours.
It is wunderschön and a lovely greeting of love ,from your husbond .
I wish you a lovely Easter starting tomorrow,- with or without the sun shining for us, dear friend.
Hugs,Dorthe

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Lovely photos, thanks for sharing with us at Our Beautiful World!

Ros Crawford said...

Those bottles are wonderful!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at OBW!!

Robyn Oliver said...

Hi, Lizthanks for sharing your lovely photos with OBW

The Polka Dot Closet said...

the photo of your bottles is gorgeous!!! I have ever seen a rose like that, I agree it makes it instantly feel like spring...Such a picker upper

Carol

Ana K. said...

Hi Liz, I am glad the storm flies away without consequences and I love those vintage bootless and beautiful flowers...perfect spring inspiration!
Happy Easter and best wishes from Slovenia!

Manuela said...

beautiful ceramic bottles and the flowers are so nice! Thanks for sharing at "OBW"