A Flowery Day Out!

4/7/2015

My second pre-50th birthday treat today, to...

It was a lovely sunny day. Hot. And as an extra surprise, my friend Jean phoned last night to say she had a spare ticket and would I like it? Which meant we were able to take Heather with us!

We 'selfied' on the bridge! And we mooched about studying flowers...

There were some truly beautiful flowers and show gardens to see...

...that was me, melting abit in the floral tent. Andy and Heather tried to persuade me into a hat...

...and this is the evidence why I DO NOT do hats!!

It was the show's 25th Anniversary. Here we are in front of a very impressive floral birthday cake!

And here is a photo Heather took of Andy and I as we were making our way back to the car park at the end of the day...

...which has served as a reminder why I shouldn't have chips for tea! (We had chips for tea!!)

All in all, a lovely day! Well, sun and masses of flowers. What else could a girl want for her 50th birthday?

6 Comments

rusty duck link

4/7/2015 04:23:23 pm

Fabulous, but I bet you are tired now. There is a lot to see.
Any purchases? I used to have one of those trolley things that someone is pulling along in one of your pics. It didn't do a lot for my popularity ratings on the day but saved a lot of backache carrying all those plants around.

Denise

5/7/2015 01:49:17 am

Ooooh, but I did some swearing at those trollies, Jess! Whilst I can appreciate they make for easy transporting of delicious plants, they don't half cause a few bruised and scraped ankles and shins. But I expect YOU were VERY careful whilst wheeling your trolley about and were VERY respectful of the skins of other show goers!!

Diana

4/7/2015 11:30:06 pm

Well it certainly was nice of them to make a birthday cake for you, wasn't it?
The flowers are just gorgeous, I wish I was a gardener...
I might have to persuade Bob to take me up to Christchurch when next they have their flower show.

Diana

5/7/2015 01:51:28 am

I thought so too, Diana! It would have been rude not to have a photo taken! The flower tents were amazing! We saw some begonias that were, literally, as big as our heads!! I love flowers!!🌺🌻🌹🌷🌸💐

Olly

5/7/2015 11:49:02 am

How lovely, I'm going to go one day - it looks fun. Didn't you buy anything? It's a great early start to your birthday anyway.

5/7/2015 03:15:51 pm

My only purchases, Olly, were a cake and a jolly nice honeycomb icecream. I could have purchased many plants but I kept thinking, 'Where am I going to put them? We are full to the brim at home.' So no plants. But maybe at the County Show next week...well, they'll have plants there!

A Flowery Day Out!

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