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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.
Richard Bell, richard@willowisland.co.uk |
Rounding
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.
Another
exotic touch: I drew the Ficus benjamina, the weeping
fig, as I waited to see the doctor yesterday.