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flower picking

According to the calendar, it’s most of the way through spring here.. not that you can tell though – it’s been raining for the past 2 weeks solid, and freezing cold again. We’re so over it! I guess I shouldn’t complain.. everything’s finally green and the flowers are blooming which is lovely. We just can’t be outside enjoying it! We did brave the weather on friday to go and pick some flowers from one of our favourite flower fields (so many f’s!).. we came home with the bunch below and some pretty muddy shoes, but it’s worth it because they’re doing a great job of brightening up our apartment on these gloomy days (the flowers, not our shoes!). Bring on the sun I say!!

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Oh Dahlia…

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This is the first summer we’ve spent here in Europe, and so far it’s been fantastic! We moved here just in time for winter last year, so are only just (finally!) starting to experience the outdoor culture that comes with Spring and Summer. At the moment there are ‘Stadtfests’ (town celebrations) happening in all the villages around this area, as well as ‘beach’ parties, outdoor movies, and even a big music festival here in Lörrach called Stimmen in a couple of weeks.

In an attempt to be outdoorsy today, Dave and I headed just across the boarder into Switzerland to get some flowers from a self-service flower field. I’d never seen anything like it before coming here, but think it’s a wonderful idea and should be adopted in Australia too. The field we went to had about 30 different varietites (the biggest I’ve seen so far), payable per flower. If you would like to see more photos, just head to my flickr page!