A Flurry of Fun

 

We've been letting our hair down in Dixon Hill land! 

The weather has kept us snowbound for so long (lots of events cancelled of late) that now the big melt has actually happened, we’re catching up on lost play-time. 

As fortune would have it, this was the weekend of the annual ceilidh to raise funds for the local hospice. A perfect chance to let loose and have some very serious fun! 

Mine was the task of putting pots of flowers on the tables. So Joss and I made a foraging expedition on Saturday morning….scouring the hedgerows for anything that might brighten the evening with a bit of wild and festive freshness. 

We found plenty of treasure, despite the time of year: smooth, crimson dogwood; spruce of all sorts; starkly bare bilberry stems; cotoneaster berries glowing like little orange-red pearls; and some wonderful weeds that had dried a deep russet brown. 

I added euonymus and ivy flowers from the garden; and tossed in some lush red roses and spray carnations bought the day before. 

Pretty little posies they were, in their raffia-tied pots. They graced the tables while the dancers whirled about them….and the roses even came in handy for playing the clown! 

 

9 year old Eleanor – a natural court jester! 

Comments

[Tracy]

Roses for Christmas... love that! :o) Happy Days making ready for the holidays, Helen ((HUGS))

[Kate Godin]

Beautiful photos -- just the right tint.

[jeand]

These are lovely pictures and I'm sure the table decorations would be lovely - very you!