{"id":18055,"date":"2013-05-19T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T22:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=18055"},"modified":"2013-05-20T07:37:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T12:37:39","slug":"les-fleurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=18055","title":{"rendered":"Les Fleurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>When my mom was in France at the end of last summer (<a title=\"Bicycling in France\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/09\/20\/bicycling-in-france-2\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<a title=\"Shopping in Julia Child\u2019s Paris\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/10\/07\/shopping-in-julia-childs-paris\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Lunch at Ralph Lauren\u2019s\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/09\/26\/lunch-at-ralph-laurens\/\">here<\/a>), she bought each of us a packet of French flower seeds to plant this year in our gardens.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18058\" alt=\"Flower\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Flower-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Flower-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Flower-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">After seeing all of the beautiful flowers at Monet&#8217;s Garden, she bought this package of \u00a0poppy seeds for me.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18059\" alt=\"DSCF4097\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4097-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4097-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4097-430x323.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4097.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">She bought them after being inspired by all of the flowers growing there.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18061\" alt=\"Sunflower packet\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5506-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5506-681x1024.jpg 681w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5506-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5506.jpg 2023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">She bought sunflowers for herself at a little village flower shop.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18060\" alt=\"Sunflower\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4106-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4106-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4106-430x323.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF4106.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">She got her inspiration at Monet&#8217;s garden, also.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18057\" alt=\"FLower planting\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FLower-planting-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FLower-planting-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FLower-planting-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We decided that the weather this past week-end was perfect for seed planting, so, I planted my poppies here in Syracuse in our square foot garden (<a title=\"It All Started With a Book\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/04\/10\/it-all-started-with-a-book\/\">here<\/a>)&#8230;&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18062\" alt=\"IMG_5514\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5514-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5514-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5514-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;..and she planted her sunflowers in her Lexington courtyard (<a title=\"My Take on Ralph Lauren\u2019s Courtyard\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/05\/14\/my-take-on-ralph-laurens-courtyard\/\">here<\/a>). \u00a0Neither of us has the ideal place to grow these flowers, but we are excited to see how they turn out, and we will be sure to let you know in July or August.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-2-Seasons\/233957543322072?fref=ts\">Click here to like us on Facebook.<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Cheers!<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Linking to\u00a0<a title=\"Between Naps On the Porch\" 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