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Ranunculus, before and after...

Ahhh...

I yak about being seasonaly relevant, buying local and organic, minimizing my (and my clients') footprint... And don't get me wrong, I care about those issues greatly. But. But sometimes, you're walking around a giant fridge at the wholesalers', and you see out of the corner of your eye... Something that makes you forget ALL THAT.

In this case...

Ranunculus are one of my all time favorite flowers. When I started out in this business, it seems no one new about these, now they're all over the blogs. The season is relatively short, like tulips and hyacinths, and usually limited to spring. By June, I already miss them.

So, not only did I stumble upon these at the end on July, but look at this colour... So subtle. So fresh. So creamy. I hate to say this, but so feminine...

In fact they were so beautiful, they made me happy for weeks, all dried up.

Made me forget they came from halfway around the world on a giant refrigerated plane...

Looks like August, tastes like August...

From Jean-Talon market last week-end... Hard to believe it's already fall.

Working on the Concordia Sustainable Foods Festival this week, then one more wedding, and THIS at the end of the month... Finnegan's first birthday squeezed into that, and maybe our income taxes...

Then maybe a little break?

The zinnia season is reaching it's end, this week will probably be the last batch... These miniature ones were sooo, I don't want to use the word cute because they were so much more than that, you get the point. The freckeled ones are always my favorite. Since next summer I'll have a bit of room in the yard to experiment, I'll be able to grow my own. These will be at the top of my list when I order seeds. I ordered a catalogue this week, with seeds for just about everything that grows it seems. I love catalogues. LOVE LOVE LOVE them.