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In a Vase on Monday: What Goes Around…

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

…comes around, and on Friday friends came around for lunch, bringing a nice bottle of wine and a pretty posy of flowers from their garden – so far, so to be expected. Apart from the sedum, though, all the flowers … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Daisy, Daisy

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

The generosity of Cosmos ‘Dazzler’ and Anemone japonica (probably ‘Honorine Jobert’) are at the heart of this vase, hence the ‘Daisy, Daisy’ of the title; plans for using the prop of a card reproducing a vintage bicycle advert were scotched … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Just in Case

Posted on October 23, 2017 by

Knowing we would be in Edinburgh today for our now annual meeting-up of family and, just in case I wasn’t able to ‘beg, borrow or steal’ any blooms for a vase while was away, when I put together a little … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Pinky, Perky and Perkier

Posted on August 1, 2016 by

In complete contrast to last week, today we have an unashamedly sugary pink confection, with blooms as Pinky and Perky as they come. The blooms were collected in an aluminium bucket and looked so at home there that after trimming … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Spent Up

Posted on November 26, 2014 by
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In a Vase on Monday: Shabby Chic

Posted on August 25, 2014 by

It’s Bank Holiday Monday here in the UK so, being without my usual Monday morning activities and, as it is raining, no visit to a Bank Holiday Monday car boot sale either, there is an earlier vase on Monday! Roses … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: the Sweet Shop

Posted on August 4, 2014 by

There was no fixed plan for today’s vase – it could have been big and blousey or small and sweet and perhaps the end result is somewhere in between. The starting point was the hydrangea, three young heads from this … Continue reading →

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Digging for Victory

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

              Following the astonishingly quick germination of the cosmos and zinnia seeds in the kitchen, I headed to the bottom of the garden to check  the progress of those in the greenhouse. Without heat I didn’t … Continue reading →

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