I can’t believe this stunner was in my yard
June 19, 2013
I jammed all these little blossoms in a vase
that stands 3″ tall. I was intending to separate them later, but left them because they looked like a bowl of fruit loop cereal.
June 18, 2013
Where I find the coolest vases…for cheap!
I find the most amazing vases–at Homegoods or T.J. Maxx. But you do not find them among the vases, you find them with the oils with the sticks…forget what they call that. After the oil disappears, I rinse & then run the glass, the oil came in, in the dishwasher. You cannot find vases like this one. Stunning!
June 15, 2013
Queen Ann’s Lace & Red clover
I think Queen Ann’s lace was made from white butterflies & snow flakes. One day I’m going to pull some Queen Ann’s lace & red clover from the ditch & plant it where its supposed to be. In my garden & in my vases to remind me of home. I like to think that the red clover & Queen Ann’s lace followed me here to Alabama from Vermont. When I moved here all the grass beside the interstates had been cut short by the local government. Today, the interstate is surrounded by wild flowers & grasses. People now know its cheaper, more beautiful & better for the planet to plant wildflowers & let Mother Nature decorate.
In the packet of seeds, there must have been a few wildflowers from the North, just to stir the pot. 
June 14, 2013
Purple Pincushion flower
I know, I know…no one can get enough of my favorite new flower!
June 14, 2013
My new baby pink…
Hydrangea. I found this hydrangea at leaf & Petal, on the clearance shelf, this spring. The flowers were starting to brown & it had lost most of it’s leaves. Putting it into the ground was a bit of a gamble, but I figured it was spring & maybe it would know what to do on its own, once it got its toes in Alabama’s dirt.
The Hydrangea had been forced to bloom, too small to support these big blooms, it had three sticks to hold them up.
That is the reason the stems are cut so short. It will not give anymore flowers this year, I was really looking for it to survive, it seems to be thriving.
June 10, 2013
Evil wraps itself around my Azealas…
This invader smells like a dangerous woman…in church.
Too much nickel & dime store perfume. Honeysuckle looks like a type of alien…I mean orchid. I read about this creepy vine/ boa constrictor while growing up in Vermont, my stories told me that nothing smelled sweeter, or tasted sweeter, then the Honeysuckle. I assumed it was a knockout. (These are the same books that told me how stunning the Magnolia tree is.) What they didn’t tell me was…it is a killer.
It is wrapping itself around my azaleas, hydrangeas and is attempting to climb the grape vine trellis. When they are in bloom, it is the perfect time to catch them. Catch them in the act of strangling, because if you want to be noticed by a bee, you have put on a bright yellow dress & wear too much perfume.
