A Twilight Stroll
It’s a pretty time of the year to walk around my neighbourhood with lots of blossom trees flowering. Yesterday I took my camera with me so join me on a twilight stroll…
Petal & Pins
Month: July, 2015
July 17, 2015
Subtle Shading
The japonica is just starting to flower in my garden and I picked a few sprays to put in a vase with the buds still closed.
In the warmth inside they opened into lovely tones of cream and peachy pink instead of the usual bright colour that punctuates the bareness of my patchwork hedge in winter.
The colours remind me of a hat that once belonged to my grandmother. I think the delicate layered feathers would have once been a more uniform tone but I like the subtle shading created by the passing of time.
That faded glamour also inspired me to create this dress for my Garden Fairy’s Wardrobe with the japonica flowers.
July 14, 2015
The Spider & the Snake
I love the painterly petals of the crimson hellebores in my garden and they have provided inspiration for many a Garden Fairy’s Wardrobe dress.
The word I would use for the cobra head lilies though would be intrigued!
Moving to a house with an established garden unveils many surprises through the seasons and even over several years and the cobra head lilies were certainly one for me.
I had not come across them before and was slightly startled when I glimpsed one out of the corner of my eye when weeding one day.
I’ve added one to my hellebore posie with some cyclamen leaves in an old brass vase which is the ‘sister’ one to that which I used in my In A Corner post.
My beaded spider bought from the little craft shop on Magnetic Island seemed the perfect addition to the arrangement – the only kind of snakes and spiders I like to encounter!
July 1, 2015
After the Solstice
vase of bergenias, hellebores, jonquil and camellia buds & leaves
For a couple of weeks before the winter solstice my garden seems devoid of flowers and then after it seems like each day something new appears in bloom.
It starts with a smattering of jonquils and then a patch of snow drops. I can begin to gather tiny bunches of violets and the hellebore buds start to open.
But it’s the bergenias and swamp iris that make a real statement with their pink and purple splashes of colour throughout the garden. They invoke an air of anticipation although there is a good two months to go until Spring.
When the sun’s out and the temperature agreeable it’s a great time to be in the garden which is just how I spent my Saturday with Mr Petal & Pins.
swamp iris dress for My Garden Fairy’s Wardrobe
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