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Which stands for bring us your own container. We love it when someone pops by with a wonderful antique gem and we get to fill it with blossoms. Here's an old french pitcher that came by yesterday ready for it's coming out party...
and another...a Henry Dean vase that was purchased from us a while back was returned for a refill.
Whew...another February 14th tucked in. It was a marathon day starting at 5am and ending at 6pm, non-stop, but I think we made lots of people happy and thanks to all those men out there who keep coming back year after year. Always so many lessons learned, what to buy, what not to buy for next year, but this year I think we were better organized thanks to Darwin and Farid and we had lots of delivery help (key). There were times during the day when I felt more like a short-order cook than a florist...it was nice being told what to do..."mixed dc with reds" (dc is our code for designer's choice) or "pastel spring mix" or a dozen red wrapped...you get the idea.
Here's what the shop looked like in front when I arrived in the morning, you can see it's just turning light outside...
There's never enough time to take photos on a day like this, but I just couldn't resist this clematis. It's from a new grower, more on that soon...
Oliver with another of those looks like why are you holding that black box in front of your face. He had a great day, with lots of his admirers coming in for a head scratch here and an ear massage there.
Now onto spring. Lots of wonderful events coming up soon. Lots more beauty to come...
Every once in a while I walk by the flower table in the shop and one of the buckets starts wiggling and squirming, saying "look at me, smell me." Yesterday it was the sweet peas.
When I purchased these from Richard at Santa Clarita Flowers (by far the best peas at the market), he mentioned that they were grown by 4th generation flower farmers. I compared them to the amazing pea blooms that are coming from Japan and he said that the seeds used by these southern California farmers actually come from Japan. Each stem is about 12 or more inches long. When the light is low, as it is this time of year, they stretch to meet the sun.
In addition to their intoxicating fragrance, I think they have some of the friendliest faces posing for the lens.
