Many thanks to the dedicated and talented Cathy from Rambling in the Garden, host of In a Vase on Monday. Do click here to see what others are plunking in a container today.
Sometimes on Sunday, I go out in search of flowers and then find a vessel for them; other times the vase dictates the contents. This week, it's all about the vase, well really not a vase per se but a beautiful object meant to hold flowers- It's all about thebass base.
This sandblasted glass piece, made by Jerry and Raye Perrett of Port Townsend makes me smile remembering an evening several years ago when my neighbor and friend, Sandy, invited me to be her guest at "The Night Tacoma Danced," a fundraiser for the Tacoma Art Museum. The gala event featured artists from far and wide selling their work. Sandy bought this piece and I remember admiring it sitting on her living room table on many visits to her home. During her recent purge, this was one of the items up for grabs.
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So, what could go in such a container? Cattails were the first thing to come to mind but none grow in my garden and they tend to frown on people cutting things in the nearby park. three callas would be simple and lovely but mine are done blooming for the year. I'm not entirely pleased with this arrangement of variegated Miscanthus 'Giganteus,' a plume of Macleaya cordata, Anemone hupehensis, and a tillandsia.
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Oh well, since this will certainly make a, hopefully more satisfying, reappearance some Monday hence.
If you're in the path of the eclipse, here's a public service announcement taken from the Onstage Blog:
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Sometimes on Sunday, I go out in search of flowers and then find a vessel for them; other times the vase dictates the contents. This week, it's all about the vase, well really not a vase per se but a beautiful object meant to hold flowers- It's all about the
This sandblasted glass piece, made by Jerry and Raye Perrett of Port Townsend makes me smile remembering an evening several years ago when my neighbor and friend, Sandy, invited me to be her guest at "The Night Tacoma Danced," a fundraiser for the Tacoma Art Museum. The gala event featured artists from far and wide selling their work. Sandy bought this piece and I remember admiring it sitting on her living room table on many visits to her home. During her recent purge, this was one of the items up for grabs.
So, what could go in such a container? Cattails were the first thing to come to mind but none grow in my garden and they tend to frown on people cutting things in the nearby park. three callas would be simple and lovely but mine are done blooming for the year. I'm not entirely pleased with this arrangement of variegated Miscanthus 'Giganteus,' a plume of Macleaya cordata, Anemone hupehensis, and a tillandsia.
Perhaps I'll remove those two floppy blades on the right.
Nope.
Oh well, since this will certainly make a, hopefully more satisfying, reappearance some Monday hence.
If you're in the path of the eclipse, here's a public service announcement taken from the Onstage Blog:
