The first thing I do, once we have unpacked our car, which has been groaning with all the stuff we need for a week's stay in the holiday cottage, is head for the outer gardens of Colonsay House. It is a place of wonder for me! I particularly love the leaves of the giant rhododendrons. There are many different varieties, all planted in the early 1930s. The outer gardens are generally overgrown, having had little tending over the decades. That makes them even more magical! The old woodmill falls apart a little more every year, but that's fine by me because I love corrugated iron and especially if it's rusted! And of course the bees. Colonsay's beekeeper, Andrew Abrahams, has one of his apiaries on the edge of the pine wood. So lovely - the hum of busy bees and the heady smell of the pines. We are here - finally! Delayed by four months by the wretched virus, but now I am on holiday! Hooray!
I love this airy, see through arrangement, and the lighting is perfect. The minimalist vase is just perfect too.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I do love airy flower arrangements, room for the flowers to breathe! I rigged up a spot to photograph them while trying to chat to my eight year old granddaughter in Australia on FaceTime! I saw the sunlight shining through into the hall and quickly grabbed a stool and table napkin and clicked away while trying to explain to my granddaughter what I was doing! I think she thought I was slightly bonkers!! A
DeleteWell it's a most pretty and natural tangle Amanda. I always rosebay willow herb when it sneaks into my allotment but have to get rid of it quickly as plot neighbours wouldn't be impressed if I let it linger. The vase looks almost unreal.
ReplyDeleteI love rosebay willow herb too. We have it growing outside out sitting room window, in a narrow bed along the lane and I just know our neighbours next door are unimpressed, especially when the seed pods burst open! I must go and yank it all out again, but it will be back next year! Some things in life you can be sure of! A
DeleteThis is gorgeous. The container is lovely too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susie!! A
DeleteSuch tangles are a nightmare - the grass Briza maxima is norious for that! The overall effect of your tangle is delightful though and I love the idea that the contents are all native wildflowers - then the vase itself, which is gorgeous! What a great concept, and that one close-up shot shot suggests exactly how the design came about
ReplyDeleteThank you Cathy! I have enjoyed the vase over the past two or three days. The flowers won't last long but I suppose their magic is in their transitory-ness! If that's a word! A
DeleteI like it, delicate textures and flowers accented with light and color, neat vase, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! The vase is a bit special. Made a very long time ago by a friend in the south of England who is/was a ceramicist. We haven't seen her for many years but I do have two or three pieces of her lovely work! A
DeleteWild and free! Love the vase, too. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Eliza! Wild and free sounds good doesn't it! Wild flowers just win my vote every time! A
DeleteIt may be a tangle but it's a lovely one! I SO wish I could grow fumitory. I have similar problems with Gomphrena 'Itsy Bitsy' - she tangles herself up even before she's cut.
ReplyDeleteFumitory grows wild all over the place here! It's a curious flower. So dainty and quite unlike anything else! I love it! A
DeleteI love it! This is how I like my plants to grow... entwined but not suffocating each other. ��
ReplyDeleteExactly! Me too! I think they enjoy each other's company, meandering through, around, and popping up somewhere else! Mutual respect!
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