Sunflowers

Saturday, 27th August 2005

sunflowersunflowerRounding up the ingredients for this evening's meal, when we're having our neighbours around, Barbara is delighted to find that there is now a monthly farmers' market in Ossett. She picks up some locally grown veg and can't resist the sunflowers, making a splash of colour at the end of one of the stalls.

The flowers are no bigger than saucers, not the dinner plates you sometimes see, so we cut down the stalks to about 18 inches and arrange them in a bright blue jug.

Sounds extreme, but they look so cheerful and they bring the room to life for when our guests arrive.


ficusAnother exotic touch: I drew the Ficus benjamina, the weeping fig, as I waited to see the doctor yesterday. Next Page

Richard Bell, richard@willowisland.co.uk