Year Round Blooms

We've had a week of fairly mild weather here in Massachusetts and most of the snow has melted with the exception of the nasty, dirty stuff along the roads that gets piled up by the plows. It's even smelled like spring is on its way, but I am NOT fooled. Mother Nature has done this before and then BAM hits us with a snowstorm on April 1st. I kid you not. Of course, that was 12 years ago...Anyway, that's a long explanation for how I chose my Pink Saturday offerings this week. It's not time to start planting, and many people are horrified with fake flowers and plants, but I think you will like these.

These sweet china flowerpots have been in my parents' living room all of my life. They are no more than 2" across and the tallest is about 3" high. They are so small that I am a bit concerned that Beverly might drive on up to Connecticut and steal them since she has so many cute tiny things! Because there are three, my sister and I always thought there was one for our mother and one for each of us. Like all children, we were very self-centered! In reality, our parents bought these English china tchotchkies on their honeymoon to Bermuda in 1963. Because there are three they count as a collection, right?

My personal favorite is the only one that is broken. It's a clean break on the stem of the white flower. I don't think it's even glued back together, we just put the stem that was left in between the other 2 and it's balanced there. I wonder if Dorothea has glued it since we moved out?My sister is a big pansy fan. She has baskets of hanging pansies every spring and summer and puts them in her flower beds and around the mailbox.

I'm off to visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and as many of the Pink Saturday participants as I can, and I'll be stopping in throughout the week, too. I hope you'll take some time to see their treasures, also!