Joining in with Cathy’s In a Vase on Monday
A rooted cutting from a ‘Money Plant’ or Crassula Portulacea (I think?), just right to make into a piece of Kokodama as a gift for a fellow blogger with a penchant for succulents.
I had the most brilliant day yesterday – all due to commenting on Noelle’s Snowdrop post a couple of weeks ago. Following an exchange of comments and Noelle’s generous invitation, Noelle, Alison and I all met up at the Bishop’s Palace in Wells for the Snowdrop Celebration.
The day was cold but the sunshine bright
Look at that sky!
So much beauty to see
and Cathy – so many wonderful witchhazels
We had the best time – more photos to share in a future post
So, thank you from the tip of my toes to the top of my head to Cathy for her fabulous Monday meme which brought us together, Noelle for the suggestion and generous hospitality and Alison for joining us to make it such a wonderful day.
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What a fabulous day Sandra – blue skies, good company and snowdrops too!
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Oh that sounds a fabulous day out Sandra – blue skies, good company and snowdrops too!
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I know! We were so lucky Anna – what could be better?!
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I am amazed at how green it is in your part of the world!
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Yes, it is still very green here in the South of England – we have some snow forecast in a couple of days time but it doesn’t often snow here. My 5 year old grandchildren have never seen snow, they are very excited at the prospect.
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I had no idea! Wow!
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What a wonderful day out.
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It had a feeling of magic about it Cathy – we all sparkled in the sunshine and in each other’s company and Noelle had organised things perfectly and provided us with a warming home-made soup and foccacia for lunch…. more about that in another post.
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It looks like a beautiful place to spend a day with friends:)
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It is such a beautiful place, with so much to see and enjoy.
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We’ve been to Wells many times as we live within the diocese. A lovely place for the three of you to meet up 🙂
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It was perfect! Maybe you would like to join us if we ever do it again.
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That’s very kind, thank you 🌼🌼🌼 Yes please, I’d love to, even if I could only manage a short time (sensory processing) ❤
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Understood. ❤
It won't be for a while and nothing is planned as yet.
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What a brilliantly blue-sky day for an outing. I recognize the Bishop’s Palace from one of my jigsaw puzzles – heh! Nothing like a spring garden visit to launch the season.
I’ve never heard of kokodama and had to look it up. A great art form! Thanks for the learning opportunity, Sandra. 🙂
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My pleasure Eliza, I’m always learning so much from IAVOM. You like jigsaws too – so relaxing when the time is right. I must see if I can find one of The Bishop’s Palace.
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How wonderful. I’m envious. Now which one is which, from left to right. It’s great to be able to put a name to a face isn’t it. Thanks for the wonderful slide show too. I haven’t visited there before.
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I have put our names at the bottomof the photo now – so you see which is which.
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Thank you 🙂 x
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Lovely, the moss ball and Internet dating! I didn’t realize you were Sandra when I read Noelle’s blog! cheers,Amelia
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Hi Amelia! I’m enjoying my blog dates very much!
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How fun! Blogging can be wonderful in bringing people together. I’ve met a couple of “local” fellow gardeners that way too.
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Paraphrasing Alison – another side of internet dating! The best! 😉
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It really looks like great place to visit. And i love your moss ball too.
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It is a good place for children too. If i had somewhere to display them properly I would make more moss balls, i do like the look.
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Hey, you’ve got wings! It is always lovely to put names to faces, so who is who? Beautiful sky, but it looks cold. I love the moss ball – that is what I call thinking out of the box/vase! 😉
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‘Thinking outside the vase’ – love that!
From the left: Noelle, Alison and me.
It was cold! Even colder today!
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Fabulous! It adds great depth to our on-line friendships when we spend real time together. And it is so inspiring when we get to see the photos and share in a bit of the fun too – love that last shot of you all with the wings! 🙂
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Angels’ wings carrying you all with us round the snowdrop celebration on a special sunny Sunday – you are so right about adding depth to our friendships, especially when you can all join us in blogland.
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A splendid moss ball and wow how lovely to get together with blogging friends.
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Thank you Donna. We really did have a lovely time together.
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Your photographs are beautiful and do capture the sunshine. It’s such a lovely place to visit, I hope you’ll make it back sometime to see how the winter garden develops and maybe see the Bishop’s Palace in summer too.
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Now that does sound like a good plan Alison! 😉
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Kokodama is looking for a lovely mossy stone…you have inspired me to go out into the garden and find one. You brought me a lovely treat. So many memories made in one day with two IAVOM friends. Your photographs and post have really captured the day.
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Thank you so much Noelle – it was such a special day – more photos to come, so many things to share of our day – it had a deliciously gentle pace but we covered a lot of ground in so many ways! Still glowing with the thought of it all.
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Oh, my gosh! What wonderful pictures of your outing. I especially like the winged picture of all three of you. And I am positively besotted with snowdrops. I don’t recall ever seeing them in Maine. Such beauties!
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I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like snowdrops and now I’m meeting lots of people who adore them! I have a friend who takes the same walk each morning and she speaks to the snowdrops in a certain patch every day, whether they are still underground or not!
I’m glad you enjoyed the photos, it is like having you along with us Laurie.
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Aww, so nice! Today I’m going to post a piece about an art museum we visited on Saturday. While we were there, I thought of you and your love of art. The blogging world certainly opens things up, doesn’t it?
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That’s so nice to know Laurie – sorry I missed responding to this comment before – just catching up. xx
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No worries! Life is like that.
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You have a way with Kokodama! Looks like you three angels had a delightful day of snowdrop peeping.
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HaHa! We did indeed Peter.
Thank you for the Kokodama compliment – I do love what the Japanese do with plants.
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What a thrilling day you will have had – I always have a mixture of nerves and excitement meeting fellow bloggers so 2 at one time was a double dose of feelings! Thanks forsharing some of your photos (yes, the wings were great – any idea what they represented, apart from angelic bloggers of course?) And you are working up a lot of interest with the kokodama, not surprisingly as it is such a lovely idea although like you I certainly don’t have a minimalist house! Oh, and thanks for making sure I noticed the witch hazels – always gorgeous to see 🙂
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It really was one of those magical days Cathy.
There are a set of children’s Angel Wings (photo to come) and then these adult ones – I did not read anything about them, I just assumed they were created for photo opportunities, but Noelle might know more.
You were much on our thoughts and our conversations as we wandered round those really rather wonderful gardens. I will always think of you when I see snowdrops and witch hazels – Lovely connections through plants. ❤
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Oh that’s fun, created for the photo opportunities – I thought they must be some sort of sculpture. I suppose my ears should have been burning yesterday, but perhaps it was just too cold to notice! Thanks for all your kind words (what you said to each other may be another matter though!!!)
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Ha!Ha! All good I can assure you!!! Those wings are definitely sculptures – but interactive ones – a lovely idea!
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Beautiful!! I Love the photos that were taken 🙂
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Thank you – more to come!
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I know you ladies enjoyed the day. How could you not do so with all that beauty and friendship to keep you warm.
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Exactly so Lisa, you have hit the nail on the head!
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Oh, delightful to see you three together. Please help me put name to face. The moss ball is a charmer. I hadn’t heard of Kokodama, so thanks for introducing me to something new.
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One the left is Noelle, Alison in the Middle and me on the right. We had such a lovely time together.
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Great! Thanks Sandra.
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A pleasure Susie.
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I love witch hazel, I had one in my garden but had to leave it behind when we moved 🙁
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There were some beautiful examples in that garden – I must get one.
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Looks like you had a wonderful day out in Wells! I keep on hearing about Kokodama and want to learn more – you have reminded me with your lovely moss ball.
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Kokodama seems to be a new craze – have a go, it is not difficult to make once you’ve found the moss – I just don’t have the sort of minimilist house to show them off in!
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I LOVE those crochet daffs! And your wings!
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Thank you Ali – glad you like the wings – 3 Angelic Bloggers! Ha!Ha!
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How I wish I could have joined you; one of the downsides of living in Italy is not having gardens to visit easily (apart from historic ones of course). We had bright sunshine too yesterday – and then it snowed!
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Snow! I expect your garden looks fabulous with a dusting of snow. You must let us know when you plan to come to England and see if we can meet at a garden somewhere.
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That would be wonderful. It’s more than a dusting!
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How wonderful – I look forward to seeing your photos.
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My daughter was caught in that snow, trying to do her first student tour in Rome! Sounded like it rarely snows there.
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What an adventure for her!
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Not the best way to start your first group, but sounds like she was able to salvage their first day. 🙂
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Oh good. Triumph in adversity!
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In Rome, hardly ever; here very slightly more but only once every three or fur years. Is your daughter studying with USAC? I used to work for them.
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No, she’s working for the Paideia Institute.
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I hope she enjoys her time in Italy.
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So far, so good!
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Looks like a great day out!
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It really was RJ. I’m so enjoying meeting up with fellow bloggers (you included of course!) – what a wonderful community of like minds.
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