French Flowers

The French have that certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to flowers and floral arranging. C’est vrai!! Fleuriste shops are always stocked with blooms…

They love greenery and urns. Ferns, moss, ivy, baby’s tears and grasses. I would love to just run my fingers through all of these in the window display…

Speaking of urns, check out this grand stone urn with the geraniums spilling over the side…

French roses compare to no other. Such wonderful sorbet colors and creative displays just spill right onto the sidewalk…

You can always find every color of pink and red. They smell as good as they look, and I am in love with the zinc buckets they are arranged in…

I imagine myself, sitting at this cafe, enjoying my cafe au lait and croissant, wrapped in these trailing roses. I would have a hard time deciding if I was more attracted to the smell of the roses, or the smell of my coffee!

I hope these Parisian posies brighten your day and bring a smile to your face in the midst of this dreary winter. One can only pray for Spring.

Anne
February 27th, 2008
Hi Melissa…the florist in the top picture is out of this world…I can just smell the flowers from here!!!! What a gorgeous display. xox

rochambeau
February 27th, 2008
Thank you Robin for this post.
It all makes me SO HAPPY!
xo
Constance

NurseTerry
February 27th, 2008
OMG…you really do miss California! We have beautiful flowers as well..at all the cafes, shops, and in my garden where right now the cymbidium orchids and daphnes are blooming..my favorites. The
daffodils, crocus and and many others as well..

Geggie
February 28th, 2008
C’est manifique!

janie
February 28th, 2008
Che bella! Grazie or should I say, merci!

le petit cabinet de curiosites
February 28th, 2008
wonderful spring post !
beautiful french flowers

Maryann
February 28th, 2008
Your photos are all beautiful. Especially the third one down

Lulu
February 28th, 2008
Oh! They did brighten my day! I LOVE the roses in the zinc tubs. Unbelievable.

Joe
February 28th, 2008
Great photos….. I think we’re a long way from Spring unfortunately:( It is COLD today! think spring, think spring, think spring….

melinda
February 28th, 2008
Pretty, Pretty, Pretty!
Oh thankyou for brightening my day . Its a dull dreary day here in Melbourne, Australia too.
Yes, we get them too! LOL

kenju
February 28th, 2008
They are SO beautiful!

My Melange
February 29th, 2008
Anne~ I know….and they did smell lovely
Constance~ I am glad you are HAPPY…now I am too!!
Terry~ Your gardens sound lovely…but it is not Cali I miss I miss Europe!!!!
Geggie~ Merci, Madam.
Janie~ Merci, Grazie..either way…prego, prego
Melanie~ Merci! Means so much coming from you…being in France and all
Maryann~ Thanks. It was taken at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.
Lulu~ So very glad you loved them!
Joe~ I have been thinkin` Spring since…Christmas. Still hasn’t worked It is way too COLD here!!!
Melinda~ So, we are in this together, huh? Thanks for not letting me go the cold dreariness alone!
Kenju~ Wish I had some here right now!

Jeanne
February 29th, 2008
Thank you for your journal and your photographs and you.
All gorgeous

cathy
February 29th, 2008
Beautiful flowers, lovely post

stephanie
February 29th, 2008
Oh my YES!!!! Thank you for this delightful tour…Absolutely amazing!!!

My Melange
February 29th, 2008
Jeanne~ Thanks…how sweet of you
Cathy~ Merci! Thanks for stopping by and commenting
Steph~ You are so welcome!! Thanks for coming on the tour
xoxo

TACE
March 1st, 2008
Ohhhhhhh, those photos are so pretty. I’m a sucker for moss, makes me miss the woods. Especially love the photo with the moss balls. I suspect they’re fake moss balls, but they’re the prettiest fake balls of moss I’ve ever seen. I have little fake moss blobs, not the same as a ball.