Feeling like the lady of the house!

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We’ve had a few days of rather stormy weather, with strong winds and heavy downpours. As a result the paeonies in our new garden have taken a battering; with their tall stems and heavy heads of flowers they were very susceptible. I went round afterwards propping them up, shaking off the water and tying them to supports, but some of the stalks were broken. I don’t usually cut flowers from the garden because I prefer to enjoy them in situ, and I never buy flowers for the house, but since the broken stems could obviously not be repaired I decided I might as well cut off the remaining flowers and bring them indoors. I collected quite an armful of gorgeous scented paeonies (I didn’t even know paeonies could be scented) plus a couple of roses and sprays of orange blossom and put them in a vase. It made me feel like ‘the lady of the house’ going round cutting flowers from the garden for the dining table! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2017.