IVOM: The end and the beginning

Last week it rained on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Then it started to snow on Friday. Saturday and Sunday, the overnight lows went down to 17°F.

I went out yesterday afternoon to see if there were any flowers to bring indoors. The first bloom I came across was a small dried Hydrangea arborescens flower that had flown over the fence from my east side neighbor. The shrub it came from is actually one that had been growing on my side of the fence and travelled underneath into their garden. I dug mine out years ago, so it was rather fun to get one of the flowers. 

I clipped a frond of an autumn fern to join it in a tiny wood-fired vase by Tony Gebauer of Door County. The raku vase is by the late Wisconsin artist John Natale. 

My earliest snowdrops (Galanthus varieties) were fallen over or closed up again. I decided to pick a few in hopes they'd open and perk up indoors. Voila!

The ones with green tips are G. nivalis viridapice. The ones spread wide open are G. 'Magnet', the rest are likely G. plicatus 'Dionysus'.

My grandmother's tiny Chinese cloisonné vase is the perfect container for them. 

Comments

[Kris P]

The flowers fit the title of your post perfectly, Linda. I love the vases too.

[danger garden]

That is the perfect vase for those snowdrops! I hope that's the end of your
cold, 17 at the end of March is just not nice.

[Barbara H.]

The up and down spring weather is so frustrating. Glad you were able to find lovely snowdrops for your vase.

[Christine]

Thank you.You’ve inspired me to get out my mother’s cloisonné vase and actually use it as a vase!

[Linda Brazill]

CHRISTINE — Mine are actually a pair and I have traditionally put purple violets in one and white in the other. Such a great size and nice memories.

[Linda Brazill]

DANGER — My birthday is April 2nd and I can't tell you how many years it's been cold and miserable weather. So this is nothing new; just frustrating.