October 16, 2011--borage

In this vase are some okra leaves I peeled off longer stems and some blue borage flowers. I love the way borage sort of wakes up and puts on a great flush of bloom in the fall. I think it flat out does not like hot, Virginia summers. Anyway, I found this little arrangement satsifying just because it was so simple (and sort of showed off borage's hairy stems).  Below that is photo of an arrangement I did for someone else today. It's a smorgasbord of flowers and quite lush, but I actually like my little windowsill arrangement better.