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Monday vase for 19 November

As you read this I am en route to Australia!  I just had time to press 'publish' on this post before leaving for the airport at some ungodly hour this morning!  My vase today is just about the last of everything in the garden.  The geraniums are hanging on but the next hard frost will snaffle them, the rowan tree has shed all its leaves and left a lovely colourful pile on the grass below, there is one very dark Munstead Wood rose left, so dark it is almost black, and an equally intense petunia.  I found one or two other bits and pieces to pop into this vase, which was made by Devon potter, Colin Kellam.
Who knows what I might find to put in next Monday's vase!  Whatever it is, it will be a long way away from this week's offering.

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  1. sally evers19 November 2018 at 05:17

    Sweet! xx

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  2. Cathy22 November 2018 at 09:38

    Oh I love Munstead Wood, one of my favourite roses - look at all those lovely ruffled petals! And complemented too by your other remaining bits and pieces - I guess there will be less of those when you come back :( Happy Travelling! Thanks for sharing

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