history-October 2008

The leaves began to change and some to fall this month, but the yellow roses were still blooming around the front stoop. In the rear the montauk daisy I had planted in the summer finally bloomed and promptly fell over--a reminder to pinch it back next season. I had deadheaded the hydrangeas a little too late this year and they were only just now racing to form new buds which, judging for the chill in the air, were ill fated.





Also this month, we were in Chicago for my friend Jessica's wedding ceremony to her longtime girlfriend Michele. They rented a beautiful loft space in the city and filled it with great music and food. I put together their flowers for them along with the help of my dear husband and my other good friend Vanessa and her husband Sean. They wanted a fall modern theme so we did short, compact arrangements in rusts and violets and browns and some tall branches with orchids tied to them. It really turned out wonderfully, the whole event.