Image: Su Leslie 2021
“Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.” — Gerald Durrell
Friday Flowers
#fridayflowers
Make mine a sweet pea
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age is just a (biggish) number
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Well, if Gerry Durrell said it, it must be true.
HANG ON ! – he was an animals bloke, not a gardens bloke !!
Hmm.
HAVE you been pouring brandy onto your sweet pease then, Sue ? – this is a beauty.
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Only the Xmas cake and moi have partaken.
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Brandy? A tiny bit extravagant, but they look absolutely gorgeous 🙂 🙂
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My sweet peas drink nothing but water (and not much of that until today). Now I’m wondering if they’re feeling neglected. The Christmas cake has had most of the brandy 😉😂
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I have white port available 🙂 🙂
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I can’t drink port after an unfortunate over-indulgence. I blame the 80s 😂😬😉
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🙂 🙂
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I though you were offering me a drink. Save it for our tea! ☕😉
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Now there’s a thought. Though the cake is probably fairly alcoholic by now.
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haha! This is gonna be such a fun first tea of the new year! That flower is the most beautiful shade if red, too.
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and this ‘rose’ is thriving on a glass of red…. lol
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I love sweet peas Su. Must get some for the garden. Not sure I’d share my brandy with them.
Leslie xoxo
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Hehe.
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Beautiful!
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Thank you
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Such a lovely colour. I am going to have another attempt at growing sweet peas this year from seed. I do love their scent.
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Thanks Jude. This is my first attempt at growing them. Next year I’ll grow from seed — and plant more!!
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I love the sweet flowers very much. They are so delicate and beautiful. Your amazing shot definitely supports my view. Brandy? I prefer to drink it myself, in small amounts of course. Slivowitz is my favourite plum brandy. Have a great Friday, Su!
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I’ve never tried slivowitz — but have a friend who discovered it (a little too enthusiastically) in Sarajevo.
But whatever the drink, I think it’s probably wasted on the sweet peas
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I agree. We can learn a lot from flowers. They know all about moderation except perhaps when showing off their beauty.
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😀😀
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Not wasting alcohol on flowers but that’s a beautiful red and even better with drops!
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That makes two of us. It does seem like strange advice.
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Maybe like the advice the doctor gave my grandmother when the boys were teething: “Take a shot of whiskey, rub their gums with it, then drink the rest.” May be an apocalyptic story, but it’s a good one.
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Apocryphal? Auto-correct?
But perhaps not actually. My mother told me her mum had suggested that when I was teething.
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Yes, apocryphal. What did it turns out as? The drinking what’s left part amuses me. I think I’d uses a good red. 😉
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Apocalyptic 😂😂
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🤭😳
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There is just nothing like the scent of a sweet pea. I must get my seeds sown.
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Agreed; i wish I’d planted mine closer to the house.
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Red sweet peas? I thought they were only white. Huh – I learn something new everyday. The blood red is very striking.
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I didn’t realise the colour when I bought them. I’ve only ever seen really pastel colours — pinks and lilacs. I’m excited to see what other colours I may have accidentally planted 😂
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Nah! I won’t share my drugs and alcohol with my flowers! 😁
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Hehe. Isn’t it an odd suggestion?
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Totally! Must have been drunk at the time to write this down. 😉
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😂😂
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