Flowers by Selma

07/17/2024

Last farewell tribute with gladiolus, hydrangeas, garden rose, hypericum berries , spray roses and carnations .

06/10/2024

Pink azalea branches make the perfect filler for my vase.

06/07/2024

And for the boys who graduate we have the perfect bouquet!💫🎉🧑‍🎓

01/07/2024

First snow in Somerset this year. Love the look . Great day to take down the Xmas 🌲. I feel I just put it up …

10/27/2023

09/14/2023

Happy Thursday from Uithoorn. Great poem to start the day with ! 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

NO WAITING ROOM

What if you didn’t wake up tomorrow and your soul is watching down thinking of all the things you didn’t get to do yet because you were too scared, or too shy, or too worried about money. And all the things you told yourself you weren’t good enough for, swam in front of your eyes, fighting for a place in the line, beside the words you didn’t say and the joy you forget to have.

My friend, there is absolutely no room for anything in your day, other than acceptance. You will never have enough money, or time, and you will certainly never have that perfect body the world told you you need to be happy.

And before you say it’s too late to embrace this thing we call life, no it is not. You can do it right where you are. Right this minute. Get outside, breathe, look at the trees, put your bare feet on the grass - hand on your heart to feel that pulse - and that’s it.

You’re living.

Keep that up.

Wait up for the moon sometimes or get up early to see a sunrise, just because.
Jump in the lake. Run and skip.
The things you need to feel alive are free and all around my friend.
You just have to see them.

Let in opportunity and say yes to the invitations that scare you a little, in a good way.
Say no to some of the things you force yourself to do, knowing they rinse you of your peace.

Life was never supposed to be a waiting room, it was supposed to be a hillside, with paths leading in every direction and mountains as far as the eye can see, hiding adventures and new friends behind them.

Don’t let yourself get to the end of this ride without having stopped to smell those beautiful roses.
That’s the only thing you need to fear in this life.
Everything else is all part of it.
It’s all just a messy, complicated, beautiful and terrifying part of it.

Chin up, throw your arms wide open and let it be so.

Donna Ashworth

From my book ‘LIFE’:
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US: https://a.co/d/4EvMqqA

Art by the fabulous Watercolours by Rachel

09/13/2023

Dutch Garden

09/12/2023

My first teardrop funeral arrangement .

09/12/2023

Presentation bouquet

09/11/2023

Meet handsome Gabe and my new farm friends in The Netherlands

09/04/2023

I love The Netherlands ! 🌷

09/04/2023

And just like that I’m at the Boerma International institute for Floral Design in The Netherlands . Meeting like minded people from all over the world and learning tricks of this wonderful trade🌻🌷🌹🌸🌻🌷🌹🌸🌺🌻🌹.

08/18/2023

Lots of Sunny’s and lots of texture . Let’s add some ruby spider dahlias in there too !💫🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

08/17/2023

A few more I put together for you to take for free to brighten someone’s day . 💫

08/16/2023

Get some free flowers today and make someone smile . Flowers speak more than a thousands words they say ….It’s a gloomy day, but hang in there!
My stand is on Olympic road in Somerset . You can’t miss it!
🌹🌺🌸🌷🌻🌹🌺🌷🌻🌸🌺🌹🌻🌷

07/10/2023

Benvenuto a casa Bella!

Flowers for that special person coming home from Italy today. Fresh dahlias from the farm , white delphinium, yellow craspedia and tiger lilies and a few olive branches to bring a little Italy home .💞

06/03/2023

Cora made a few things for the market stand to sell . There are also fresh peonies for sale . She will be out here till 4.

05/01/2023

Cut tulips and some greens from the garden together with some dried elements created in honor of my mom’s anniversary. She would have loved these tulips 🌷

04/28/2023

Haven’t made time to use these Dutch beauties for my floral designs yet…but wanted to share their uniqueness with you just as they are . No design needed … however maybe I WILL put them on a “pedestal” before they loose their petals …
Varieties: Renown Unique, Tulip Dreamer, Queen of night, Ice tea, Vincent Van Gogh, Sensual Touch.

04/21/2023

I love this author ! This photograph is awesome too !

CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE

I don’t have crow’s feet,
I have happy happy memories of laughing with friends until the tears flowed.

I don’t have frown lines,
I have the marks of my frustration and confusion, which I battled through, smiling in the end.

I am not going grey,
I have shimmering highlights of wisdom, dashed throughout my silver hair.

I don’t have scars,
I have symbols of the strength I was able to find, when life got tough.

I don’t have stretch marks,
I have the marks of growth and the marks of motherhood. My womanly evolution.

I am not fat,
I bear the evidence of a life filled with abundance, blessings and good times.

I am not just forgetful,
I have a mind so full of stories, memories and moments there is scarce room to hold much else.

I am not old,
I am blessed, with a life of great length, something not everyone can say.

Don’t change the way you look my friend,
change the way you see,

change the way you see.

Donna Ashworth ©️
From ‘To The Women’
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US: https://a.co/d/2FaN5Ey

Art by the astounding Jonas Peterson

03/07/2023

Sometimes I get inspired by the vase that is provided by my customer. Here is a perfect example of just that. When the vessel is this gorgeous; we want to honor that and only compliment it with simplicity and grace .

02/15/2023

Sending a big thank you to everyone who supported local business this Valentine’s!🥰

02/14/2023

Happy Valentine’s Day from Folsie and me !❤️

01/30/2023

This author is amazing !

Thank you to all my new followers, it means a lot to have you here!
As requested, I’ll be sharing book links here.

For all my loss and grief poetry :

https://amzn.eu/d/fwIp4VX

(Available in US/Canada/AUS very soon, you can pre-order on all good online book stores/Amazon)

01/27/2023

Valentine's Day is just around the corner!!💌❤️😍 Make love bloom with this one-of-a kind bouquet! Message me for details🫶

01/04/2023

Time for gratitude.
A big THANK YOU for all your support in 2022! It has been such an honor to be part of your bridal shower, wedding, baby shower, retirement party, prom, birthday and tributes to your loved one; with my floral creations. The Wine & Design Events, Southcoast Open Air Market and SNOW were so much fun too and kept me on my toes to continually come up with fresh ideas on what to offer that day .
I’m so looking forward to this brand new year and all my new floral adventures🌷🌿🌻🌱🌸🌹💐

12/31/2022

Wishing you everything beautiful for 2023🌷

11/26/2022

A few more things left !!! Come see me at Chick Marchand Field in Somerset .

11/12/2022

Bereavement flower arrangement with ilex berries from Holland, blue delphinium, white roses and rust colored mums.

10/19/2022

These enchanted pumpkins are so loved ! Here’s one in blue and antique copper filled with burgundy , dusty pinks and blue with a few cut magnolia leaves to complete the design .