MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Hah, on February 24 I did snip off about 75 Daffodils to fill our unique CIRCLE Vase... Have you ever seen one? Wait and see your first one below!

YES, TWO layers and all joined together... on top of my Le Jacquard Français tablecloth.

There are 9 vases below and 9 vases above and it also has a separate circle of glass, for using with some displlay...
THAT I will show you later!
So what do you think?
You like this idea of vases linked together?
I've never ever seen anything like this and below I have only two links that I found with one layer circle vases.
Found mine on eBay.

Related links:
Gardena 359 All Purpose Stainless Steel Garden Scissors | at Amazon.com
Circle Bud Vase | Circle with 9 bud vases, just scroll down and click on image
Glass Vases | Showing also round circle bud vases

Maybe strange but I LOVE, really LOVE MOSSES! And Daffodils of course...!
Am I crazy? Or are there others that are with me?...
I know my youngest brother Jan is crazy about mosses as well; so it must be genetic!

This is a photo from such mosses that I'd pampered for years, weeding them so they could grow FAT, be happy and STAY...
BUT, they need lots of moisture and with two very hot summers with lots of drought; all my mosses have VANISHED! Yes, they're gone.
How I treasure this photo from 1994. That combination of daffodils and mosses looks perfect to me; or not?

This photo is also from 1994, just last week I did scan those old slides.
Plenty of daffodils than. Now only the green showed but no buds, no blooms for 2013.
Here our semi-evergreen oak is still skinny and in its early years.
If you click on the link below this post you can see the giant that it is now.
Sure, there's always access to water and this pond never ever gets dry, as we had it dug in a wet area, kind of like a marsh.
A well from underground keeps it filled year-round!

Do you have a fondness of mosses as well?

Related link:
{Our Different Oaks}| Previous post by me, showing the oak where the daffodils used to be...

Yep, yesterday I had a major haircut... much needed and I would like to hear what you think...
Today we went to a special music program at our Christ Episcopal Church at noon.
Since it is an official event of the Saint Patrick's Festival most people did wear some green.
So out came our all cotton Irish Blarney Castle Sweaters that we bought during one of our consulting trips to Ireland.
They just feel comfy to wear on a sunny, but windy day!

That's me with short hair and our feline boy Bandido, on the steps of our gazebo...
You can tell the pollen is starting to come, as seen by Dido's paw prints on my navy Escada jeans!
That's the Blarney Castle, all cotton sweater from Ireland.
Below I will show you a detail of it and also form the necklace and earrings.

The yellow Carolina jasmine is budding out and will look pretty very soon.
The sun is so harsh already that making photos is nearly impossible without shade marks.

Yes, we both are dressed in partner look...
Pieter is holding the chicken wire, on which our Carolina jasmine vine is climbing up as a support.

Here it is with one Blarney Castle emblem up on the left sleeve and a larger one inside the neck.
From Pieter I received once this cloisonné Hex sign that he got me in Pennsylvania in the early 80s.
The Irish Shamrock Hex is a sign for good luck surrounded by smooth round lines for an easy life. The two distelfinks make for a double portion of good fortune while the heart suggests love.
The silver earrings with green Malachite stone, we bought while doing consulting work in México, during a weekend sight seeing with our boss/friend Agustín.
Fond memories and they play an annual role in our Dublin St. Patrick's Festival...

Are you celebrating St. Patrick's Festival in your City?