winter

photographs by rinne allen

vegetal

i have a favorite spot i go to in maine, chase's daily. it is hands-down one of my favorite places, anywhere. part restaurant/part market, their food is delicious and their presentation is divine. i always get swept up in their produce...take for instance, these huge greens bundles, for only $4 (they literally take two arms to carry):

each year, i buy one, come home and take photographs, then do a flower arrangement or two, then eat the leftover greens. the funny thing is that when i was buying my bundle this year, an older woman leaned over to me and said, "you know i just take pictures of mine and make flower arrangements, and occasionally eat the greens". i laughed; we were kindred spirits...

of course, you may always add in something flowery, if you like:

arrangement, words, and photographs by rinne allen

this time, last year

the good thing about having a blog for so long is that is acts like a time capsule...i often go back and look at last year to the year before to see where we were or what we were doing...i look back at the seasonal blooms too, to see what was blooming when in our yard. this time it was interesting to peek at last year's arrangements, because we are about two weeks ahead of last year now...things that normally bloom in early july are already open. here are some pics from last year that show what was blooming and what i was arranging with.

words & photographs by rinne allen

in between

photograph by rinne allen

more hellebores, with gilt leaves

photographs by rinne allen

winter clippings

it has been drizzly all day, but i still went for a little walk in the yard to see what i could find for today's arrangement...i found some classic southern winter beauty: clematis seedpods, early hellebores, wintersweet, hazel, and fatsia berries. i placed them all in an old container that was my grandmother's.

arrangement and photographs by rinne allen

fall browns

for the thanksgiving table, we often gather fallen leaves from the yard and let them be the focus...here, i added in some store-bought mums. once their flowerheads are pulled from the stem they can scatter across the tabletop. quiet beauty...

arrangement and photographs by rinne allen

still lives, at mandy's

i was recently at mandy's for a new little collaboration (more on that soon). i love wandering around their land and photographing things growing in their fields. i also love wandering close to mandy's flower shack...there are always little still lives here and there, arranged just for beauty. enjoy.

words & photographs by rinne allen

the last of the dahlias...for this year

i came home the other day to find a small bouquet of dahlias at our door from our friends who grow dahlias, the vickers...they were the last of this year's harvest before the frost came this weekend. i brought them into my studio and made this little arrangement with some dogwood leaves from along our street...such pretty colors...

words, arrangement, & photographs by rinne allen

white

photographs by rinne allen

specimens in the studio

loving these colors...

photographs by rinne allen

caladium

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moonflower

mandy has officially launched her new flower business...and with a bang! one of her arrangements was featured this week on terrain's website...take a peek at moonflower design for beautiful seasonal flower arrangements, with most of the ingredients coming from mandy & steve's farm in comer, georgia, not far from athens...

words & photographs by rinne allen