I first posted this blog last February
when Sarah Beattie opened Consider the Lillies.
South Shore Living Magazine's annual
BEST OF THE SOUTH SHORE issue
has just named Consider The Lillies (& Sarah) BEST FLORIST
Congratulations!
Freewheelin' Friday
Dedicated to Artistic Endeavors of all Sorts
VOILA!
Floral designer Sarah Beattie moved out of her basement and into her Standish Street shop in time for Valentine's Day. ♥ Our seaside town is raving. She'll paraphrase Matthew 6:28 of course. 'Consider the lilies, they neither toil nor spin...' yet so naturally beautiful they need no adornment. Nor should we worry.
Sarah trained at The Flower School of NYC & through Garden Club Federation of MA Flower Show School, but this flower lover comes by it naturally. She's third generation ~~love for the art & talent nurtured by her grandmother & mother.
My protagonist Johanna is third generation, running the adored family cottage as she searches for inspiration from the women who've gone before her.
And Lilly!
Any writer will tell you~~whether your heroine springs fully formed from your imagination or she's an enigma speaking to you as you type~~ by the time the book is finished you know her as well as you know yourself. (or your book is not finished)
"Sugar, this darling shop has my name written all over it," she'd quip, linking elbows with Johanna as they decide on an arrangement for the treehouse. No matter that she was Lonnye-Ronette & plucked her new name Lilly from the label in her summer shift.
♥
12 Standish Street Duxbury MA
781.934.5965
Tuesday ~~ Saturday 10 am till 6 pm
781.934.5965
Tuesday ~~ Saturday 10 am till 6 pm
courtesy of MS Photography |
♥
Follow Johanna & Lilly's example~~
Treat yourself.
Pick up a unique arrangement & settle down with a good read.
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THE CHICK PALACE
Three Dilemmas, Two friends & One Deserted Tree House
Three Dilemmas, Two friends & One Deserted Tree House
during a simmering summer on Lake Allamuchy
Thank you to my readers who shot The Chick Palace onto Nook's eBook bestseller list.
2 comments:
Greetings from the suburbs of Chicago where there's not a flower in sight except the beautiful lilies in the hotel lobby! Those pics on today's blog are gorgeous !
Yep...no shop like this anywhere near Chinle...not so many flowers either. So nice to feast on these lovely photos and love the dialogue from Lilly.
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