Lily of the Valley
By Tommymoo
- 26 Apr, 2016
- 6 likes
21 April 2016
I won't be in France on the 1st of May again this year!!!
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Very early - ours are only tiny red shoots so far!
26 Apr, 2016
Steragram,
Really? The scent is heavenly around the spot. Love them.
Siris,
It just happened like that! I hate hate hate our stupid schedule. My OH would love to sell them by setting up a small stall in the nearest town if we were there on the 1st of May (I don't fancy that though; I'd rater cut all the flowers, every one of them, and put them everywhere in the house!). A friend who runs a flower shop comes round every year just before 1 May, cut them, take them and sell them in his shop. I bet he makes a decent "lolly" out of them. Never mind!
26 Apr, 2016
Wow that's quite a clump , mine is just starting to weave about near our pond and just moved a bit in the wood but like Stera ours are just red shoots, love that scent !
27 Apr, 2016
Muguet, celebrated in France on the 1st May.
27 Apr, 2016
Gosh Siris, that takes me back - my sister and I used to call them Muggets dez boice just for silly....
28 Apr, 2016
Simbad,
Relly? So mine is much earlier than yours and Stera's.
Siris,
Oui, le 1er mai, c'est la FĂȘte du Travail et la tradition est d'offrir du muguet!!
Stera,
Sorry, I can't get that, "Muggets dez boice". I'm not English/British, you see!
30 Apr, 2016
Its just a silly pronunciation of what the French looks a bit like to an English person Tommy. Ignore me...
30 Apr, 2016
Steragram,
Thank you so much for your answer to my stupid question!!!
30 Apr, 2016
It wasn't stupid....
1 May, 2016
Thank you, Steragram. You're so kind :-)
1 May, 2016
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This photo is of "Lily of the Valley" in Tommymoo's garden
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26 Apr, 2016