Held in Time
August 20, 2024
pressing flowers and reminiscing sweet girlhood days
I remember as a young girl, the discovery of a pressed pansy found between the pages of my mother’s big old family bible. I was barely strong enough to hold the weight of it on my knee. I flicked through the once white pages, turned sepia, and can still recollect that eart...
Pure joy
June 11, 2024
I sat in Raglan’s, The Shack café the other day, having my regular order of a flat white coffee with a woman I had never met before, but knew of through mutual friends. She had flown into Raglan in a small plane as a special treat from a friend, someone I also knew. ...
Flourish
July 7, 2023
I want to join with you by sharing what I am able to uniquely contribute, and am passionate about, to help others flourish. ...
The Price of Sentiment
July 12, 2022
Have you recently gone online or into a florist shop and found yourself gasping for air - the price of flowers just taking your breath away, then, exiting the website or turning around and walking out?
You only need to follow a few florists on facebook or instagram to know t...
Today's inspiration ... tomorrow's reflection
August 31, 2021
Just down the road from our home is the Whaingaroa Harbour. It is a favourite walking spot for Lorraine and myself, and our dog Buddy. We often walk out past the harbour entrance and along Ngarunui Beach with its black iron sand. We continually find treasur...
Wedding Flowers - from dream to reality
June 23, 2021
“Pretty much as soon as the enquiry comes in, with a few details about what you as the bride dreams for as your wedding flowers, I’m hooked”. ...
My Man Made Mirror
March 7, 2021
A few years ago, we were living and working in Hamilton. My husband Campbell is an ultra-runner, so being away for long hours was just normal everyday life for us, so, when he was away for extra hours just hanging at a mate’s place, supposedly, I was getting a little, you ...
A Valentine's Day Blog
February 10, 2021
Love can be so good
Years ago, just after completing my training as a florist, I walked in off the street into what I thought was a little florist boutique. It was Valentine’s week, the week that is one of the busiest on a florist’s yearly calendar. I just wanted to volunteer and be amongst...
A tiny-world discovery, on the other side of the world
December 18, 2020
One year ago this week, after having had a late breakfast with friends at a busy quirky cafe called Cereal Killer, we strolled through the open markets along London’s Brick Lane. The ten days we spent this time in London, often found us out and about doing short walks arou...
A Sentimental Commissioning
September 18, 2020
I was surprised at how difficult it was, in the sentimental sense, to disassemble her bouquet. It seemed like I was walking on some kind of holy ground of the past. Sacred vows, she’d made, with these in hand.
Now years on, she was no longer that new young bride, but throu...
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