In My Pretty Garden

In my pretty garden the flowers are nodding.

"How do you do?" they say,

"How do you do today?"

In my pretty garden the flowers are nodding.

These are the words to a song I sang in

Primary when I was a little girl.  I always think of these

words from the song, "In The Leafy Treetops", Anonymous,

when thinking of my garden.

Yes, I am in love with flowers and only wish I had more

space for them and that they would last longer.

These are the last of the spring flowers - beautiful 

yellow and purple and deep dark purple iris blossoms.

These blossoms are so dark they are almost black.  I love the

way the camera captured the edges of these and put them

in focus while it softened all of the rest of the picture.

The placesetting is simple today because I want to focus on my 

pretty plates all done in grayscale with just the purple flowers

in color.  

These subtle plates complement rather than compete with the

fresh flowers.

Aren't the colors of these iris blossoms fabulous?  The table is

strewn with the blossoms.

Just a purple charger and cream flatware on my favorite

outside tablecloth that is such a great neutral backdrop 

for my outdoor tables.

My amethyst salad plates sit off to the side.

Each of them is topped with purple napkins and a crystal

flower napkin ring.

My amethyst goblets are more delicate than some of my other

goblets so they don't come out as often.

I love this purple ceramic I got last summer.  It will be wonderful

for a salad.

It has a rustic classic charm to it.

Other little floral posies are placed in the pretty lavender glasses

my daughter in law gave me for Mother's Day.

I want to enjoy the out of doors as much as I can before 

the summer heat comes.

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Let's Dish

Tablescapes Thursday