Odense Blomsterfestival 2013

Her haaaar I mig tilbaaaage. Det har været lidt sparsomt med indlæg i det sidste. Undskyld. Der var lige noget hverdag, der skulle passes.

I starten af juli skrev jeg en status update på facebook á la "pt bliver mine solbriller mest brugt til at holde frisuren på plads- men om 2 uger har jeg ferie, og SÅ kommer sommervejret".  Det er jo, som alle ved, den rene vejr-hybris, så jeg frygtede lidt, at mine kække ord blev gjort til skamme.  Men sommervejret var aldeles suverænt i alle de 3 (t-r-e) uger, jeg havde ferie - og var til al overflod så imødekommende, at det i løbet af min første uge tilbage på pinden slog tilbage i det sædvanlige lavtryk-og-blæst-fra-vest, så det blev en smule lettere at opholde sig indendørs de fleste af døgnets vågne timer.

Tak til diverse vejrguder.

Også pænt tak til dem for de yderst hæderlige vejrforhold ved dette års Blomsterfestival. Ikke for koldt, en lille smule regn så blomsterne ikke blev svitset, pæne mængder sol, og i det hele taget en stur fem-tal herfra.

Årets tema var "Ud i den store verden", og det var sjovt at se de forskellige gartneriers fortolkning.  Der var mange dyr - og min yndlingsyndlings: en lille "lufthavn" med check-in skranker og bagagebånd.

Og nu, ikke (så mange) flere bogstaver.  Bare blomsterporno - same procedure as last year.

@ N ~ I'm back. Back from my delightful summer holiday (it's been two weeks already, sigh), and back from the annual Flower Festival.  Are you ready for a bit of flower porn?

Ta-daa - wedding! Saturday is a big day

for civil ceremonies. The mayor of Odense abandons

his boring old office (which might be very nice for all

I know) and opens up shop in Lotze's garden, a small

park close to Hans Christian Andersen's home.

I think 12 or 14 couples were married there that day!

Flower people :-)

The world!

Dubai does it with artificial islands.

We do it with blue glass pebbles

and tiny plants ...

On the town hall square they had a massive

dome with blue watering cans and plants 

hanging from the top. It doesn't look huge in this

photo, but it was.

I don't mind snails so much if they're

not actually alive, munching on my plants ...

Ah, dear old Blighty

If you have a rusty old car sitting around that

you don't really know what to do with ...

...you could do this! :-)

Tiny flower people

Octopus - brilliant!

The flowers are sponsored by various flower

producers, and they all did an interpretation of

this year's theme which was "Out into the world".

This one was my favourite - of course. An airport,

with check-in desks, baggage carousel, suitcases,

and flowers:

I just loved-loved-loved this display!

(can you tell?)

The Flower Festival runs from Wednesday or

Thursday through Saturday.

Saturday night everything is taken down, and

the flowers are taken to the square in front of

the city hall.

And Sunday morning, the Flower Sale begins:

The proceeds of the sale are split between the 

Flower Festival, and an organisation for young

Danish gardeners (who volunteer for the not 

insignificant task of taking the whole thing down

and organise the Flower Sale, plus do a million

other things during the festival itself.)

As you can see from the handsome specimen in the

bright orange apron, these are fine folks indeed!

And as you can see here, we showed

remarkable self-restraint at the Flower Sale 2013!

Quality Inspection

Approved.

Last but not least:

Your honoured blogger, looking pleased as punch

(which she was)

Thank you for reading - if you're still here ...

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                        ...hallo?