Dried peony flowers fill a large clam shell in the gathering room. Those peonies were beautiful fresh flowers about 4 weeks ago. But I must say that they are just as pretty in their dried state. I simply cut off the heads and dried them on baking racks at room temperature for a couple of weeks.
New pink spatulas from William Sonoma fill a champagne bucket and make me want to make a spring dessert. Grocery store roses fill a pink iced tea glass and rose lemonade adds a beautiful spring color in the light filled window.
Plants are watered and vases are filled- ready for a spot in the house.
A camellia is brought in from the yard.
I love the color of this garden rose in the old French canning jar.
Bunches of Queen Anne's lace fill galvanized buckets. I ordered it online from a company called
Whole Blossoms and it was gorgeous and lasted 2 weeks.
And filled a large glass wine bucket on the dining room table.
More garden roses for the gathering room coffee table.
Once withered, these roses were still too pretty to be discarded. So I dried them for potpourri.
Still so beautiful.
It was a warm 75 degree day and it was time to replant the pots by the front door.
Spring flowers are eagerly waited for each new year.
Back to a chilly day so its a good time to bake.
Two toasted coconut chess pies coming out of the oven- one for a friend and one for us!
Tested out a new recipe from
https://abeautifulmess.com/2014/07/toasted-coconut-chess-pie.html
Making the pastry to fill with the cream filling
Strawberry whipped cream filled crème puffs with fresh blackberries- another cooler day project-
A yummy spring treat- can't wait for the fresh strawberries in a couple of weeks to try this one again! The filling was simple. Beat 2 cups of heavy whipping cream with 4 T. of strawberry jello and 1/4 cup of confectioners sugar until it forms soft peaks. It was so good and held it's shape well. Here's where I found the recipe-
https://thefirstyearblog.com/strawberry-whipped-cream/print/
Happy Spring puttering!
9 comments:
Spring puttering is the best. Especially with your lovely inspirations.
Susan, you certainly manage to fill your time in such creative ways. The flowers are oh so pretty and the sweets look delicious!
Spring is way beyond schedule here in Chicagoland so enjoy that beautiful weather you’re having😊
I simply love your posts - everything you do is always lovely.
Gorgeous flowers and sweet treats. I want to live at your home!
Happy Easter!
Beautiful images, every one of them. Happy Easter.
It is definitely SPRING in Houston. The entire city is green, filled with flowers of all kinds, and it's beautiful. You have a very special gift, of making even a tiny space look special and warm. I'm gonna work on that for myself. Love this post so much. xx's
Amazing from the flowers to the food. We are still waiting for spring here in the north.
However I am inspired by you once again.
Happy Easter.
Always beautiful! I wanted to ask if the mirrored shelving above your master bath, is there at an item that can be purchased somewhere or a one of a kind find. It is lovely and looking for something like it. Please could you let me know. Enchantedbutterflyrose@gmail.com
Oh,if I could only make my open shelves look like that.
Just a reminder...we don't have spring, we go from winter to summer :)
I will have to try those strawberry cream puffs with jello mixed in...sounds yummy!
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