Many thanks to Cathy of Rambling in the Garden, the host of In A Vase On Monday, for challenging us to bring something from our gardens or scavenged nearby inside to brighten our week.
A few times a year, the non gardener gets a bee in his bonnet about trimming the Argyrocytisus battandieri (Pineapple Broom) away from the stop sign in one of the parking strips. The once-blooming huge climbing rose (I brought a division from my former garden where it had been for years. My gardening pal Vickie told me the name of it once but I've forgotten.) on the back fence blooms so heavily in June that the canes flop out into the alley and must be tied up or pruned back to allow passage. The guilt of throwing perfectly pretty and fragrant flowers into the yard waste bin overcame me so there are several vases chock full of roses perfuming the house and still quite a few in the yard waste bin. This vase combines both of these with some blue blooms of Parahebe perfoliata.
Beautiful weather meant that working outside was a joy. The vase is one that came from the Glass Eye Studio sidewalk sale, from one of the affiliated artist's display.
This vase was chosen as the colors echo those of the flowers.
Joining the explosion of color are three concrete spheres made locally.
There's really no reason for the spheres other than to add a bit of gravity to the froofy vase lest the whole thing float away. Maybe there are three because yesterday was Trinity Sunday?
What have you put in a vase to enjoy this week?