Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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That's a little from our wedding out in Montauk. I'm at the farm for a few days. Decompressing a bit and doing a lot of gardening. Trying to catch up on computer-ing. Our contractor Ivan was here today fixing some plumbing. Have I talked about Ivan before? I don't remember. Ivan has a work ethic that inspires. He says things to me like "Sarah, you can do it." but with an upstate accent and very slowly. I would marry Ivan except he is a great-grandfather, and I'm in a committed relationship. So instead I just look forward to his visits and try to glean as much farming and practical upstate knowledge from him while he's around. He and his son were here and because I can't be idling around in their presence, I pretended to be typing on the computer while making a few unnecessary phone calls to make myself look busy and important.

All I want to do is loaf around and eat keebler's.

Yesterday I got a bee in my hair and it stung my scalp, Eric sustained three stings on his face, but at least we know he's not allergic. Now we've gotten two hives installed. He calls them his "girls." I said, now you have four queens to deal with!

I'm alone here now. It's cloudy and windy outside. Dramatic.

The professor is coming up. I should put a bottle in the fridge. I haven't seen Nicolette in a minute. Kitchen garden is coming on strong, I'll harvest some radishes for supper, garlic scapes to go on a pizza, try to impress her. 

19 comments:

Camille said...

More pictures of that wedding, please, I need to scrutinize the details. Are those grey chivaris? Don't think we have those around here. And I love the yarrow in that arrangement! I have a peachy-yellow variety in my garden called 'terra cotta' and it's one of my favorite plants.

Unknown said...

Having a gardening biz and being allergic to bees/wasps/damn yellow jackets makes every day feel like I'm living on the edge--but I refuse to run away from those buzzers! (Well, actually, I do run away, but only because I don't have time for a trip to the ER.) Wedding photos are spectacular--but I can't wait to see more of your gardens!

Caitlin said...

I've been following this blog for 2+ years and I NEVER get tired of seeing those beautiful flowers :)

They are so pretty, I almost salivate . . .

taylor0002 said...

what are the flowers on the lines hanging from the trees? i love them...could you ask your followers sarah to help out a friend and former employee of yours. the mayors wife asked me to have a celebrity, if i knew any, to check in on foursquare at pratt park and check in, it doesnt matter where you are to check in. foursquare is a smart phone app. anyway, we are in the lead, its all over the local news and we will win $100,000 in grant money to build a splash pad at our local park. i know you have readers all the way in oslo, and you are the closest person to celebrity i know, so to all you loveers, readers of sarahs beautiful blog, if you have foursquare, please vote to keep us in the lead, pratt park pratttville, al 36067. with much love and respect and if anyone knows gaga, haha! s, call me! xoxo

Lia said...

Love that wedding! Super Duper!!

kat said...

grrrrrl you got gold in those fingers

Jeane M. said...

This arrangements really would make attendees smile. Love the hanging garlands. Got my eye on your blog now.

Wendy said...

I love the strawberries in your arrangement.
Have to say, that despite all of your obvious talents from reading your blog,ie. florist, writer, etc, maybe you should add therapist. I've been suffering from depression lately and happened upon your blog via Floret, so I spent the whole day reading your whole blog archive. I haven't laughed that hard for MONTHS! Thanks for your inspirtional and honest writing and of course your dreamy flowers. You helped me.
Are you really not older than 15 years old?? So young with an old soul,
You are an inspiration!!
Good luck with the farm
Wendy

Sarah Ryhanen said...

thanks for your comment wendy - where did you get 15 yo from? I'm 31! and looking every bit the part this month

Anonymous said...

Just divine. Sarah when are you doing your next wedding workshop??

Avril said...

I love the flowers hanging on threads, what are they?

Your blog makes me smile and look at flowers in a whole new way.

Thank you.

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Gorgeous photos of wedding!Love the pretty flowers!

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Beautiful flowers. Love them all. Thanks for sharing. We are one of Alpharetta Flower Shops

Leah Marie said...

Please give your self the utter most respect. You inspire others who feel like frauds. Watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi if you haven't already. Jiro Ono's quotes:

“You must dedicate your life to mastering this skill. This is the key to success.”

“Even at my age in work, I still haven’t reached perfection.”

“I’ll continue to climb to try to reach the top, but no one knows where the top is!”

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V3soft said...

Plenty of good looking images in this blog. I want to add this to my album.

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Arnikka de Kort said...

Woah!! So exciting you're coming to Australia. I am based in Brisbane but will travel to anywhere in Aus to do classes with you guys! Please update us soon!