Friday Flowers

I saw these little pretties on King Street yesterday. Bright pansies remind me of springtime and so did this week's weather. It was 77 degrees yesterday! Thanksgiving is next week, right? I walked into Starbucks wearing a scarf and tights and other customers were wearing shorts and seersucker. Ah Charleston, your November weather has been so lovely. 

Friday Flowers (one day late)

These flowers made their way to my house this week, and I couldn't be more excited about it. I love Fall!

Friday Flowers

Can you believe I snapped this photo outside of a old style filling station? 

Palmetto Bluff has the classiest gas station ever. Check out the wine selection.

Friday Flowers

Happy Friday! These little guys are growing in my garden. I wish I could remember what they are called. 

Do you have a flower garden? Do you talk to your plants?

Friday Flowers

Walking along South Battery, I came across some beautiful gardens. How ironic is the lantana growing in the storm water run off drain? Of course our sidewalks are beautiful, it's South of Broad. 

Friday Flowers

I would love to have a pretty flower box in front of my house. In downtown Charleston there are window boxes on almost every street you walk down. I guess the good thing about not having one is you can enjoy them all day long and never have to maintain them. Do you have a flower box? What do you have planted?

Friday Flowers

Irises are sentimental because they were my maternal grandmother's favorite flower. Every time I see some I want to buy them. The irises are so delicate and open up perfectly. Don't the flowers remind you of the Brit's with their fascinators?

This morning I put them in a little julep cup that was given to us for our wedding. Did you know that toothpaste helps to polish silver? I did it this morning and it worked wonders. Do you have any secret cleaning tricks?

Friday Flowers

My aunts and grandmother gathered aqua mason jars from antique shops for over a year for my wedding. They found these gems in little places from South Georgia to the North Carolina mountains. We ended up using them for my rehearsal dinner and I wouldn't have it any other way. My sister and I went to the farmers market and bought $30 worth of flowers and put them together. We added mint in the arrangement for some greenery and it smelled amazing. As much as I love mint, I never thought to put it in a flower arrangement. We had 10 arrangements of different sizes and it was so affordable.

Last night I got a couple zinnias from Thackeray Farms. With so many left over mason jars I decided to recreate the arrangement. I am afraid to prune my mint back too much, otherwise I would have added some. These simple little flowers will add a ray of sunshine to the weekend. What is your favorite flower?