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A jam jar on Monday

Quite a few years ago my eldest granddaughter presented me with a jam jar she had decorated with tissue paper.  I love jam jars, and I love this jar.  Obviously necessary for homemade jams, marmalade, jellies and chutney, and good for dangling from a string in a Hampshire chalk stream to catch minnows (although I haven't done that for about 60 years), jam jars are great for few stems to make a simple flower arrangement.  Here is my vase for this Monday, with a handful of colourful blooms from the garden.

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  1. Cathy13 May 2019 at 16:57

    I do like orange with blue/purple, as it always so striking. Is this a self-seeded calendula? I never seem to get any but perhaps I deadhead too efficiently! By the way, I don't know what you ahve been doing as I can't see how to access other recent posts - your blog only shows the current one and a small selection of others

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  2. Cathy13 May 2019 at 17:00

    I have found out how to but it wasn't obvious - and beekeeping! How exciting! If the Golfer didn't have a bit of an issue with bees I would like a hive in the garden...

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    1. the running wave13 May 2019 at 19:00

      I agree, it isn't very obvious how to access past posts, but with a bit of fiddling about I worked it out! I changed the appearance of the blog a year or so ago, just to keep things fresh, and whilst I like how it looks now, I am not sure it is very user friendly! I am used to its funny little ways now and probably won't change back any time soon! By the way, the calendula was self seeded. I just leave them to do their thing! Rather surprised not to have any self-sown nasturtiums though - I had hundreds and hundreds of flowers last year! Very odd. A

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  3. sandra d13 May 2019 at 17:50

    Lovely - I like jam jars too.

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    1. the running wave14 May 2019 at 07:26

      I find them very difficult to part with, just in case they are the right size or shape for the next batch of jam or something!!

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  4. Kris Peterson13 May 2019 at 20:18

    Jam jars always seem to have just the right throats for displaying flowers. I love the contrast of the orange Calendula and the purple flowers (lilacs and stock?).

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    1. the running wave14 May 2019 at 07:23

      I really enjoy orange and purple together too. The lilac is just coming into flower now, and I think it is going to be glorious! The other purple flower is a perennial wallflower, Bowles' Mauve, which seems to flower all year round! It's a brilliant plant and seems to thrive anywhere! A

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  5. Sally15 May 2019 at 08:15

    I give all my friends gifts of flowers in collected jam jars..no fuss looking for a vase and they can recycle the jar for something else.
    I have a decorated jar W did and I use it to burn a tea light candle and the colour that comes from it is rather pretty and makes patterns on the wall in a low lit room.

    Beautiful sweet Monday flower posy.

    xx

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    1. the running wave15 May 2019 at 13:18

      I am so glad that we are such straight forward simple souls that we can enjoy and celebrate the humble jam jar. Jam jar/Lalique? Give me a jam jar any day! Hooray!!

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