Since my parents are here for a visit and my Dad is celebrating his birthday, today’s vase for Cathy’s meme “In a Vase on Monday” is for the birthday boy. It’s also cheating a little as
a) these were actually picked from the flower field near our home and not the garden
and b) the vase was put together and photographed about six weeks ago!
There will, of course, be cake as well as flowers.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!
And have a lovely Monday everyone!
Congratulations to your dad! I actually have a vase with sunflowers on my windows sill ~ and the sun is shining from a cloudless sky. 🙂 Happy birthday everyone!
That’s lovely Uta. And thanks! 🙂 Have a great week!
Happy Birthday to your dad, I hope you will make a vase of flowers for him too!
Thanks Christina! He was very happy with his cake. 😉
A vase full of sunshine. Hope that your dad enjoys his special day Cathy.
Thanks Anna. The rain held off so we could enjoy the cake on the patio!
Happy birthday to your dad! Enjoy that cake!
Thanks Sarah – the cake went down very well! 😉
I would love to have my birthday at your house…just to get a piece of any cake you make is a gift Cathy. I love all the sunflowers in one vase. Gorgeous!
Thanks Donna! And the sun came out today too, albeit intermittently!
Happy flowers for a happy birthday! Looking forward to seeing the cake too:^)
We had an old favourite… victoria sponge sandwich cake with buttercream. 😉 Thanks Marian!
Extend my birthday wishes to your Dad. I know he must be enjoying spending the special day with you.
Thanks Karen, I will. We had a nice day on the patio with cake and tea! 🙂
Happy birthday to your dad!! Your flowers are beautiful, when are you going to post pictures of the cake?!!! 🙂
Thank you Michael! The cake wasa victoria sandwich cake…. recipe and photos here:
https://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/queens-jubilee-pageant-and-a-sponge-sandwich-cake/
😉
The flowers, vase and photo are beautiful. I especially like this vase.
Thank you Valorie. I think the sunflowers are a nice reminder of the summer that is now coming to an end.
Happy Birthday to your Dad! The sunflowers are beautiful and I would just call that “planning ahead”. Loved it!
That is a really nice way of looking at it. Thank you! 🙂
What good be nicer for a birthday than a vaseful of sunshine? Lovely.
Sunflowers indoors really do make it seem sunny. We did get a bit of real sun today though, but the rain is on the way from England we are told!
Have a fun celebration! It’s o.k. to cheat once in a while you know… 🙂
That’s nice. Thenks! 🙂
Beautiful sunflowers! How nice to have a flower filed nearby. Best wishes to your father and enjoy the visit with family.
Thanks Kris!
You can’t go wrong with sunflowers, cheating or no. Best wishes to your dad.
Thanks a lot Jason!
Happy birthday to your Dad! Lovely sunflowers, they still look good after six weeks 😉
😉 The sunflowers in the flower field nearby were lovely this year, but the gladioli were not worth picking. Thanks Simone!
Hope you had a great family birthday day, Cathy! And thanks for making sure you still joined in even with your time restraints – such is our obsession, I fear! The sunflowers are gorgeous, and you picked them locally so that’s all in the spirit of the meme – they will certainly have brought you pleasure, and us too because you have shared them 🙂
Thanks so much Cathy. Yes, couldn’t bear to miss a week, and was glad the sunflowers suited the occasion! 🙂 And yes, we had a lovely day together!
Terrific to be together for such a special celebration. The sunflower arrangement is lovely Cathy!
Thanks Susie. Yes, it was lovely to be together!
Happy Birthday to your Dad – what a lovely well planned vase – the flower field must have been stunning with all those sunflowers – are they still flowering?
Thank you Julie – the sunflowers are still flowering as I think they are sown at intervals to extend the season. They aren’t looking quite so fresh now though. It’s only a small field with some rows of gladioli too, which didn’t do so well this year. It’s a nice sideline for the farmers to make money out of odd corners near the roadsides!
I hope your dad had a fabulous birthday! I love Sunflowers–especially this time of year. The colors, the larger size, and … everything about them! They are flowers packed with personality!
Thank you! Sunflowers just spell out summer don’t they! 🙂
I love sunflowers and your vase. How lovely to have a flower field nearby. Happy Birthday to your Dad, hope you have better weather than the rain here. 🙂
Thanks Julie. We were lucky and the rain held off till the evening! Hope it warms up a bit though. 😉
They’re beautiful, regardless of the day. Happy birthday to your dad.
Thank you very much Alys!
My dad’s birthday is Monday, Cathy…first day of September. And can I just say that the idea of having a flower field so close to home is really quite thrilling. Beautiful flowers! Sunflowers are so cheerful. I am so glad you had the opportunity to share your dad’s birthday with him. I know that had to be special for him, too. 🙂
Yes, we see each other so seldom. The sunflowers were lovely this year but are slowly drooping in the fields now.
Happy birthday wishes! The sponge cake sounds great, what jam did you go with? (When cake is mentioned I forget all about vases and flowers!)
Thank you! We went for buttercream filling this time… with chunks of chocolate in it! (It WAS a birthday after all!) 😉
Hope he had the Best Birthday!
Thank you Eunice! It was good to be together for the day!
Each moment we get is a gift
HUGS