“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”
Philippians 2:3
Hello sweet friends! Welcome to the hot and humid Appalachian Foothills of Alabama. Can you believe this is the third Friday of June? That means I am joining my talented blogging friends for Floral Friday.
With the heat and humidity ever so present, my thoughts take me away to a tropical island in the Caribbean, sitting under an umbrella with sea breezes and a good book to read! Mr. Renaissance Man is not particularly fond of a tropical getaway. So I did the next best thing. I set up my own little tropical paradise under the arbor!
I recently asked the hubby if we could put a hammock under the arbor, but he said it wasn’t wide enough. Not to be defeated, I moved a wrought iron chaise lounge and it works quite well. The chaise was my inspiration for my tropical getaway.
Shirley, Lidy, and Mary are extremely talented and creative ladies. You will not want to miss their floral inspiration. Their links are at the bottom of my post.
Our common challenge was to mix our floral design with fruit or veggies! When I think tropical…I automatically think pineapples!
For the vase, I chose a pineapple that would sit flat. I cut the top off and cored it, then removed as much of the inside pulp without piercing through the skin. It was easy, but it did take a little time. I washed out the inside of the pineapple, added water and then arranged my loose flowers.
Of course, a tropical drink is needed for a hot and humid afternoon. This was so quick and easy…3 ingredients: pineapple juice, cream of coconut, and ice all mixed in a blender and placed in the freezer for a few minutes to make it slushy!
For the flowers, I chose colors from the duvet that I used on the chaise. This is a very loose arrangement of lilies and alstroemeria that I bought mixed with fern fronds and vitex (chaste tree) blooms that I cut from the garden.
It was so hot while I was photographing that I enjoyed this little tropical drink as soon as I was finished.
With this view, you know for sure we aren’t on a tropical island! But we can always dream!
The Summer edition of The Cottage Journal had recently come in the mail. The screened porch that is featured has the same tropical colors I am using.
It became my reading material for the afternoon .
I barely finished taking the pictures when it started thundering and lightning. I had just taken everything inside when it began to pour…just like the rains at the beach!
The duvet was bought a few years ago at Pottery Barn. It makes a pretty seasonal change for a guest room and is perfect for an afternoon in paradise!
Mary @ Home Is Where The Boat Is
Shirley @ Housepitality Designs
Thank you so much for sharing my little tropical afternoon in paradise. To me, home is paradise and a respite from all the noise and bustle of everyday living. As always, I appreciate your visits and taking precious time to comment!
Linking with:
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That’s fantastic!
Thank you Cath ❤️
Pam, as they say, great minds…..I have two cored pineapples in my freezer, waiting to make my own tropical floral arrangement! This is a beautiful display, and yes, I can definitely picture tropical vividly with your styling. Maybe if you could get Butch to rest and recline there on Father’s Day, perhaps he’d change his mind about a tropical vacation. 😉 Mr. P & I love those virgin pina colada drinks. We simply buy the pineapple/coconut mixer and do the same as you’ve done. Btw, there’s a great and simple OXO tool you can buy that cores pineapples quick and easily, costs only about $10.
Great look for Floral Friday! Have a great weekend celebrating the men in your life. What a tribute you made to your Dad. I loved it.
Thank you Rita. I know you and Mr. P just had a wonderful tropical vacation. The only problem with the virgin pina colada is the calories?
A piece of paradise indeed! … and you are pulling at my heart strings with that beautiful pineapple arrangement! I love the flowers that you chose that lends to a feeling of being in a gorgeous tropical paradise with the breeze blowing under your pretty pergola. Great idea to use the chaise vs. the hammock…truthfully I love a chaise as at my age, it is harder to get out of a hammock!!! ha! It is so much fun participating with you and the sweet and talented ladies of Floral Friday…a Friday that I always look forward to…gaining great amounts of floral inspiration..Have a fabulous weekend Pam hopefully with lots of sun…glad you finished in time before the storm came upon you!
Thank you dear Shirley. I agree about the problem of getting out of a hammock at my age ??
Good Morning Pam, thank you for my mini tropical vacation! Everything is gorgeous and I love your combination of flowers in your blooming pineapple and your PB duvet is beautiful with your birds and butterflies! We planted a chaste tree by my potting shed last spring and it has blooms on it this year that I’m anxiously waiting to bloom. It certainly feels like we’re in the tropics here…I was working on a project on the porch yesterday and it was 95 degrees in the shade with the humidity off the charts! Your pineapple drink sounds delicious too, I think I could add blend up some vanilla protein powder with it and call it breakfast. 😉 Thank you for the beautiful start to my day. It’s always a pleasure to join you for Floral Friday ♥
Thank you Mary. The heat wave continues here with high humidity. I love sharing Floral Friday with you. Have a wonderful weekend!
Pam, the pineapple arrangement is beautiful! I love the entire photo shoot. The pineapple drink looks yummy, too! Glad you got it all done before the rain came!
Love this! Your a genius.
Thank you Nancy!
Pam, you certainly created tropical beauty. Love the colors and the choice of your blooms ~ perfect. And, the pineapple as your vase was genius. I will have to try one of your tropical drinks, it looks wonderful. The heat and humidity is coming our way.
Have a lovely weekend and enjoy your Father’s Day celebrations!
Thank you Sandra. Oh no you are getting the heat and humidity. Wishing you and Michael a wonderful weekend sweet friend!
Oh Pam, I so enjoyed my tropical visit! You captured the feeling of the tropics just perfectly with your breezy summer spot, right in your own backyard! The duvet is just perfect and sets the stage for your tropical paradise, with a cool pineapple smoothie and vase full of bright flowers…I bet it smelled good too! Beautiful!
Jenna
Jenna, over the past few days it feels like we live on the equator. I think I don’t handle hot weather very easy as I am getting older. Happy weekend!
I’ve heard it was really hot up there, see if you can turn it down for me, I have to be there next week!! Rainy and cool on the coast…
Felt just like I was at some tropical island when I first opened your post. The duvet cover is perfect for this tropical look with coordinating colors in your arrangement. A pineapple is difficult to core and keep in tact. The drink sounds so refreshing. Just another day brighter for me and so beautifully done. Visiting your other three friends. Have loved Floral Friday’s.
Dianne, thank you sweet friend. It certainly feels like the tropics here. Wishing you a beautiful weekend❤️
Take me away for a tropical Paradise! I am sure you drank your slushy immediately. It looks so refreshing. We are very humid here also. All my windows are fogged up. We had an inch of rain yesterday during the day and more on the way today and tonight.
Love your birds and butterfly duvet two of my favorites. We do think alike. I thought about using my caste lounge in a post last week but didn’t act on it. It takes so much space on my porch but it is wonderful to relax and put your feet up.
Your floral design is captivating and you are innovative and clever using your garden greenery and day lilies only having to buy the altroemeria. I love the loose feel that goes with your breezy tropical theme. The turquoise pillow is the crowning touch pulling your colors around fabulously. Pinning!!!
Thank you Bonnie. We have yet to get much rain. My brother lives 15 miles from us and he has gotten rain almost daily. We just get heat and humidity. Have a wonderful weekend.
Pam, you have created a wonderful tropical paradise to spend a summer afternoon! The color palette is so pretty with its saturated color. I adore the duvet with the sweet birds, and that tropical drink sounds yummy! I’m going to have to make one. Thanks for the recipe! Enjoy your weekend, sweet friend!!!
Thank you Shannon. Have a wonderful weekend sweet friend!
Lovely Pam, just lovely and it makes me appreciate my tropical living in SW Florida all year round. You picked the perfect colors and site. (Although I have always been tempted to put a hammock between two Royal Palm trees in my Secret Garden…I know in reality how difficult it would be to get in and out of) LOL Love the duvet and your tropical drink….the bright colors are beautiful and capture Paradise for sure. Blessings
Kari, you are so right. Hammocks are made for the younger set?. Thank you dear friend. I still can’t comment on your beautiful posts, but I do read them. Hugs and blessings sweet friend!
I say you score high in the tropical zone! That’s really beautiful and I love the pineapple. Well, I love pineapple period — it all looks wonderful!
Thank you Jeanie. Happy Saturday!
How cute, how cute, what a dreamer …
I love the atmosphere that you have created so beautiful, colorful, so refreshing.
You have reminded me of a video I made some time ago, maybe one of those days when you feel the need to relax on an island in the Pacific, with all the themes …
It’s a video with the music of The Platters, those guys from thousands of years ago when I was still a teenager. But how wonderful they were …
I leave the link: on youtube I am with the name “acaciaserena”
Goodbye…
https://youtu.be/73iKMjHXu-w
Dolores, gracias como siempre. ¡Tus visitas son siempre tan especiales! ¡Me suscribí a tu canal de YouTube y escuché la vieja canción de Platters! Has sido un social. networker durante mucho tiempo, ¡bien por ti amigo! ¡Tener un fin de semana maravilloso! Bendiciones y abrazos, Pam
Pam, this is so lovely! I am of a mind to agree with Mr. Renaissance Man regarding the tropical get-aways {give me a good forest glen any day!} but you have created such beauty in your own tropical haven. The colors are so vivid, so bright and summery, perfection! xo Lidy
Thank you Lidy. Wishing you a joy-filled weekend!❤️
What a nice display. Everything is so lovely and colorful.
Marion
Marion, thank you. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
What a great idea to use the pineapple as a vase for the beautiful flowers.
Marilyn
Thank you dear Marilyn. Happy Saturday!
Your tropical escape works for me. It’s beautiful and I love the colors – just so tropical.
Thank you Sandy. Happy weekend!
How beautiful and creative !Hugs!
Thank you Maristella!
Gorgeous setting and such perfect photos!
Thank you for visiting!
Just love your photos. Since you couldn’t escape to a tropical paradise then this looks like the next best alternative and the drink looks great. Our beach town here in Florida is said to be “where the tropics begin”. It is hot and humid and rains every single afternoon so I think you would want to head to one of the islands for cooler weather and strong ocean breezes. 😀
Thank you so much for your visit, Karen! Wishing you a lovely week!
Cooled me down just looking at it. 🙂 The pineapple arrangement is beautiful and the drink sounds delish! The duvet was the perfect back drop too. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
My pleasure, Jann!
That is beautiful!
Thank you Sherry!