The scent of honeysuckle floating in a dish, glowing in the morning sunlight
so beautiful to wake up to.
Joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden
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Cee’s Flower of the Day
And just because I love lichen …… I found this in the woods when I was gathering material to create …. well it turned out to be Mrs Moss 
One of my Welsh second cousins came to stay and I put some flowers in her bedroom:
Self sown Purple Loosestrife and Honeysuckle, grown from a cutting, in a small ceramic cube vase from Chive.
Joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden
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The vase sits next to a little Cathedral Window patchwork sampler that I made about 30 years ago. If you want to know how it is done here is a You Tube tutorial.
The tablecloth is a charity shop find that I’ve had for about the same length of time.
I wanted to take my cousin on my favourite walk and as it was a glorious day we joined my daughter and her children. If you remember Little Miss M recently said that she wanted to walk 500 miles with me, we decided to make a start:
Little Miss M had brought along the walking stick she had made when I took the 3 of them to Kingston Lacy and they did a woodworking workshop there.
We contemplated the walk ahead.
We all set off singing the Proclaimers Song at the tops of our voices
Currently one of Little Miss M’s favourite songs.
A wonderful walk ….
stopping at St Catherine’s Chapel for a snack and to enjoy the view
and then walking across the top of the hill to look back at where we had come from
We walked back down to cafe near the beach for some lunch and then to the beach for some pebble decorating. After that, a bit more walking along the beach to a huge drainage pipe that the children love running up and down inside, splashing in the water and hearing the echo of their voices.
When we got back to the car, according to the App on my daughter’s phone we had walked 4.7 miles …….. it’s a start!
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Joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for ‘In a Vase on Monday’
with Purple Loosetrife, Marigold, Gardeners Gaiters, Pelargonium, Erigeron
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Cee for Flower of the Day
Crochet Spiro Star as a centre for Mandala Madness in Scheepjes BonBon cotton, using a 2mm hook.
Joining Cathy of Rambling in the Garden for her ‘In a Vase on Monday’ international Garden Party. I love this meme so much and enjoy seeing what gardeners from all over the world pop in a vase every Monday.
My garden has slipped way down the list of priorities this year and I don’t have many flowers growing at the moment. Yesterday was the first day for ages that circumstances aligned for me to be able to spend the whole day tackling the jungle it has become. As I cut back, slashed and weeded, I saved the few flowers I found and plonked them in jam jars hoping to be able to make up a vase for today ….
I looked at this sorry collection and realised something was needed for added value.
So I lay one of my paintings-in-progress on the floor and then I drifted off into a very happy place playing with petals and leaves
Click on the photos if you would like to see them larger.
The centre is the beginning of a crochet mandala in cotton called ‘Sol’ by
You can see the beginning of this mixed-media-mandala in yesterday’s post.
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The words are a quote I have adapted from the book ‘Conversations With God’ Book 2 by Neale Donald Walsch, the quote is “a woman hears the melody of flowers in the wind”, but I wanted to change it so that everyone could relate to it.
Little Miss M (5) was here a few days ago, she loves to have music playing – her favourite at the moment is ‘500 miles’ by the Proclaimers, she says she wants to walk 500 miles with me – now there’s an ambition! We were both dancing to the song and she looked out at the wind blowing through the plants in the garden and said,
“Look Granny, the garden is dancing with us!”
Celebrating Leycestra Formosa
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Joining ‘In a Vase on Monday’ and Cee’s Flower of the Day.
I wish I could remember where this quote came from, I think it might be one of Tich Naht Hanh’s
Posted in art from natural objects, mandalas
Tagged aphorism, In a Vase on Monday, Leycestra Formosa, quote
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Miss E -eeeeeee
Happy Birthday to You
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Yes, I have now been a Granny for 10 years! What an amazingly wonderful 10 years it has been, watching this magical being grow and blossom. The cake was made by her Mum, my daughter, who is a fabulous cook – it was DEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee – lish.
I was asked for some edible flowers so I cut them the night before in case of rain overnight, and plonked them in a vase
Next morning I cut off the heads of roses, marigolds, lavender and marjoram to take to the cake
So strawberries and cream with fresh rose petals, edible glitter, silver and gold candles, and a garland of lavender to celebrate a a feisty, sporty, sparky, creative and all round delightful 10 year old. I’m so happy to be part of her life and look forward to what happens next!
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Pop across to Cathy’s to see what real gardeners are putting in their Vases this Monday. A celebration of the camaraderie of gardeners, this week. It is strangely thrilling to see flowers from some seeds I sent to Cathy in her Vase today – the friendly, supportive connections that are built through blogging are so full of joyful surprises. Thank you Cathy for your brilliant meme and bringing us together each week. ❤
Posted in art from natural objects
Tagged birthday cake, edible flowers, In a Vase on Monday, lavender, rose petals, roses, strawberries
The vases are from Chive.com
Hawkweed or Fox and Cubs have seeded themselves in my gravel garden, I love the rich colour
However, apparently I should not be encouraging it in the garden as it can be a rampant weed. So disappointing. For now I’m going to enjoy it, just as the insects are.
Teaming it with this gorgeous achillea – oof! I LOVE that colour combo.
Add in the lavender and I’m a happy colour-loving bunny. All three plants are much loved by the insects – there’s a whole lot of buzzing going on!
Joining Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for her fun Monday get together of gardeners all over the world.
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Cee’s Flower of the Day
Posted in daisies, garden, Vase on Monday
Tagged achillea, Cee's flower of the day, cut flowers, flowers, Fox and Cubs, Hawkweed, In a Vase on Monday, lavender
