Cathy at Rambling in the garden, the host of In a Vase on Monday, encourages us to find something from our gardens or foraged nearby to bring inside to enjoy. Today I have a confession. Before participating in this meme, I seldom cut flowers from my garden to bring inside. For years, this silk arrangement sat in the foyer during the summer and has been there for the last month or two.
I've had this thing for at least 25 years and it's been borrowed for a couple of weddings and some other events as well. Now that it's autumn, this will once again go live on a closet shelf.
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The replacement is this thing that's been around for almost as long. Each year it changes a bit but not so much this year. The vase was purchased 21 years ago for our first Thanksgiving in this house. The contents have mostly come from my garden but remnants of arrangements brought by relatives on Thanksgivings past are also present. Some of last year's gourds had dried nicely and were painted gold this summer for this post.
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This year, I intentionally didn't go to the Glass Eye Studio sidewalk sale as I have enough glass! The glass pumpkin collection is hanging out on the dining room table for a few weeks until it must be cleared to make space for Thanksgiving dinner.
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I've had this thing for at least 25 years and it's been borrowed for a couple of weddings and some other events as well. Now that it's autumn, this will once again go live on a closet shelf.
The replacement is this thing that's been around for almost as long. Each year it changes a bit but not so much this year. The vase was purchased 21 years ago for our first Thanksgiving in this house. The contents have mostly come from my garden but remnants of arrangements brought by relatives on Thanksgivings past are also present. Some of last year's gourds had dried nicely and were painted gold this summer for this post.
There are also some dried hydrangeas in the entry with grass seed heads.
This year, I intentionally didn't go to the Glass Eye Studio sidewalk sale as I have enough glass! The glass pumpkin collection is hanging out on the dining room table for a few weeks until it must be cleared to make space for Thanksgiving dinner.
Forgive me, Cathy, for not bringing anything new inside to enjoy this week. To see Cathy's vase this week and find links to those of others, click here.