Bouquets From The Garden
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Sometimes I will get the urge to pull a Mason jar off the shelf and go outside and gather a bouquet from the garden. I will walk among the groupings of plants and check to see what has bloomed overnight.
Then I gather a simple bouquet of various flowers to take indoors and enjoy.
Walking around this garden space is a relaxing endeavor. The scent of so many flowers and herbs fills the air. I love to enjoy the view of my garden that I have created little by little over time.
I’ll pause and listen to the birds chirping up in the trees. I feel a peacefulness wash over me in this little space I rent and call home.
The dogs always want to tag along when I go outside. They walk around, doing their normal sniffing, as all dogs do when outdoors.
I have my clippers with me, and I look around while choosing various blooms to take inside.
It is not a fancy bouquet at all. But the perfume is heady, and the many colors make me smile.
I end up with daisies, pink roses, and white alyssum. Alyssum is one of my favorite scents in the garden. As you walk past it, it releases the most wonderful scent into the air from its tiny flowers.
In the Victorian language of flowers, Alyssums are known to mean “worth beyond beauty.”
Gathering A Bouquet:
Sometimes I will take the Mason jar lid and turn it upside down. Then I place a votive candle in it and get a match to light it.
“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.”
– Luther Burbank
I’m simply enjoying the scent of my bouquet mingling with the candle’s fragrance.
How many times have you driven past a field of wildflowers and wished you had the time to stop and snip a bouquet to take home? I’ve done that.
As the name implies, these are wildflowers that grow naturally and were not intentionally planted by humans.
They are Mother Nature’s flowers. Her field of flower stems bends in the breeze.
What Does The Word Bouquet Mean?
The word bouquet comes from the Old French term meaning “clump of trees.”
It would be difficult for a bride to lug a clump of trees down the aisle at her wedding. So the word now means “a small bunch of arranged flowers.”
And finally, here in my living room is where I can most enjoy the view of my little apartment. I can look out the patio doors and see my containers of flowers and herbs.
It is where a simple, uncomplicated life is the best life I could have ever dreamed of.
Exactly Brenda, "just by the satisfaction of it"! And not because it makes a nice photo for the others to see it. Just being ourselves makes de best moments. Hugs.
Isn't it wonderful how the simplest things can bring such joy! I think that's God's way of speaking to our soul, reminding us He is close and always available. Beautiful bouquet Brenda! I love that last shot with all your white pitchers in the galvanized tray…so pretty!
Blessings,
Cindy
A Bohemin bouquet!
A bouquet, a Mason jar, and a walk in the garden with pupsters–heaven!
So pretty!! My favorite thing is to pick some flowers from my yard and put them in a mason jar…and sit them on the kitchen counter by the sink.
~Cindy
Very lovely. I agree with Audrey I prefer solitude and my cat .
A humble garden bouquet will forever be my favorite. Yours is perfect!
The best bouquet are cut from our gardens with the flowers we tend to lovingly. Pretty Brenda, I'm just loving my annual out of the greenhouse now…since its still dipping into the low 40's at night!
Love mason jars filled with pretty flowers. Audrey's quote sums me up nicely. I don't have a dog to walk with me, but I once did.
So pretty Brenda! Love a flower filled mason jar !
So pretty Brenda..Audrey was such a sweet lady..
This is the best kind of bouquets!
These are the best sort of bouquets, Brenda! 🙂
Your flowers look so pretty in your mason jar. It's wonderful to walk outside, and pick some beautiful flowers!!
Kathy
It's perfect. I hope to have a few flowers this year. Maybe I can cut a few. I planted a pot today with caladiums and a potatoe vine. Couldn't find anything flowering to go with it. Maybe next time.
Thanks for sharing.
As always, beautiful flower pics Brenda!
What a lovely post. Your flowers are beautiful.
That's a great way to enjoy your flowers indoors. I like your sweet bouquet! I don't bring fresh flowers inside often enough. Your flower pics are just beautiful.
These would perk me up for sure! That is peacefulness for the soul—just walking around the garden (or patio) and cutting and smelling the heavenly scent!
Jane x
The mason jar is by far the most loved useful and decorative piece by us all.Your garden blooms look stunning in it. The lid for the candle is perfect to complete the vignette. Your photography is amazing. Just beautiful.
Love the Audrey Hepburn quote.
Hope you have a great holiday weekend! 🙂
Hugs!
Mason jar bouquets are just the prettiest! I love doing the same in my garden. Sweet little flowers. We are getting buckets of rain here in OKC, but on a positive note the lakes are full! Have a great week and Memorial day weekend.
Simple is always best. Such a pretty bouquet. xo Laura
Very sweet bouquet, Brenda. Great quote. If it's true that we introverts don't live as long as very social folks, I don't care! :O) I find enjoying solitary pursuits highly fulfilling. Bess
I love a few flowers in a mason jar, something about it is just so pleasing.
Linda
Love the little bouquet. My wedding bouquet was like this and I loved it.
Hi Brenda! Your little bouquet is so sweet and I love his kind. Just to think the flowers came from your garden.
be a sweetie,
Shelia 😉
These simple things in life are my favorites too! Your bouquet is just beautiful and you are right…such happy colors! Have a lovely evening.
Your's is a sweet bouquet, Brenda.
Very Pretty! It's the little things just like you described that makes me happy too.
A pretty bouquet from your own garden and a candle to enjoy, all part of enjoying the moment you live in, that's the good life.
Isn't it nice to know that Audrey Hepburn was an introvert too? I'm glad to be in her company.
That is a lovely way to spend a bit of time, Brenda. You like the same things I do on so many levels. I think simple things like a walk with some snippers are part of a wonderful well-lived day- xo Diana
Very pretty! I love this time of year when you can get cuttings from the yard.
Your flowers are so very pretty. Yours must be ahead of mine, here in southwest Virginia. You can take the simplest thing and make it so neat and interesting. I too have to have my alone time.
That's lovely Brenda. Do you know what I can do about all the snails in my yard? They are eating my flowers and I want them to go bye bye.
Big Texas Hugs,
Susan and Bentley
I've got the darned things too. Only way I know of is to pour beer into bowls or buckets or whatever and leave out and let the little uglies go for it.
I've got the darned things too. Only way I know of is to pour beer into bowls or buckets or whatever and leave out and let the little uglies go for it.
Yes, time alone is precious. How is your back doing? Hugs.
Joy
YOUR FLOWERS LOOK VERY PRETTY BRENDA!
I love the Audrey Hepburn quote. The flowers and candle on the table looks very tranquil. Kathleen in Az
I loved this post, Brenda. It made me feel very serene 🙂
xo,
rue
Brenda, beautiful bouquet from your garden!
Such a pretty vignette! I think that cutting flowers to enjoy is one of the greatest reasons for growing them. Enjoy those beautiful blooms. Looks like a relaxing spot to unwind… and read a book! Speaking of – I've taken your advice, and I am starting a book today. I'm determined!