Lemons and Sunflowers

How is it already the end of July?

Thank goodness I joined in the July Pinterest Challenge hosted by Cindy of County Road 407

or I would not have written a post the entire month.

The theme for July is "Summer Floral Arrangement" and the inspiration photo is from
Mary of Home Is Where the Boat Is.

I struggled with an idea for my arrangement and finally found inspiration from my shopping cart full of wooden balls and flowers.

Once I knew what I was doing, I headed to Trader Joe's for flowers and lemons -

 way too many lemons!

I chose a basket, added a glass for water, dropped in lemons and started adding flowers.

This was a really fun arrangement to make and I like how it turned out.

I set the arrangement on the coffee table and swapped out the pillows with a blue and yellow print.

I really liked the arrangement there, but it was in the way when I was watching TV.

I moved it to the dining room and set the table with my favorite vintage ironstone plates.

I love creating floral arrangements and this might be one of my favorites.

 There were too many flowers so the leftovers are in the entry.

Remember all those lemons?

I gathered lavender from the garden, squeezed all the unused lemons and made lavender infused lemonade.

I added snips of lavender to make the bottles festive because I gave one to my neighbor.

And now it's time to send you off to check out all the versions the other bloggers created.

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flowers . . . flowers . . . flowers . . .

One goal for 2018 that I did not put in writing is to work on my photography.

I would love to take a photography class at the local college, but the courses last 18 weeks and as a new grandmother, I hope to be out of town several days a month visiting this little munchkin.

So, I am simply playing around with my camera and flowers seem to be my focus.

Just as I prefer color in my decorating, I am always looking for something colorful to photograph.

 I love this post in the garden and if I stood at the right angle, the rose bush appeared to be right in front of it.

I zoomed in and to my surprise, when I edited the photo, I noticed a delicate cobweb.

I've been trying my hand with floral arranging and then playing around with different shots.

I had a lot of fun creating this arrangement in a cute little teacup and really like how the shot turned out,

but Steve said the teacup on that stump was the winner.

 As I was leaving a shop that I visit way too much, my eye caught this brick wall in the parking lot for the first time.

A few days later I bought some Trader Joe's flowers and went back to take a photo with that great wall.

And on that visit, I spotted this cute little house right across the street from the shop - I'm a sucker for picket fences.

January felt like spring and February is shaping up the same way so we've been spending lots of time outside with the flowers.

 Saturday you will find me in the garden because I went a little crazy with the flowers at the nursery.