August 12, 2013 -- yesterday's arrangement, amended

Yesterday, toward the end of the day,  I added a soup bowl to my windowsill arrangement. Love the way it makes the already circus-like colors seem even more vibrant.

August 11, 2013 -- summer color

These colors looked so pretty together outside, I decided to pick some of the flowers and bring them inside. Included are orange marigolds, lipstick salvia, pink asters, some blue liriope flowers, magenta celosia, pink petunias, pink hardy begonia, and orangish lantana. The tomato next to the arrangement is the same one that was on the windowsill July 31, when it was green. Now it's a gorgeous yellow/orange.

August 8, 2013 -- coxcomb, hydrangea, and hardy begonia

I enjoyed photographing this, because I finally got my camera to see the arrangement the way my eye was seeing it. It's a combination of hydrangea (with a little red appearing in its petals), hardy begonia leaves (with little drops of red appearing in their stems), and coxcomb flowers, which are boldly and brazenly red!

August 7, 2013 -- more bean play

Couldn't resist playing with these longbeans another day. They are just so expressive! They remind me of hair.

August 6, 2013 -- playing with beans

Here are some Asian long beans combined with one hock of cockscomb. Pretty crazy!

Later, I did this zinnia arrangement for my sister.

Tried adding long beans to it, too, but that didn't work very well.

August 5, 2013 -- coxcomb in begonia wrap

"Coxcomb in begonia wrap" sounds like a menu item! I wrapped a begonia leaf around the lip of this vase because I wanted to cover up the threads at the top of the bottle. But the leaf  (which actually has its stem in water) turned out to me my favorite part of the arrangement! I tucked the tip of the leaf into the top of the bottle to hold it in place. 

Later I added another little vase of coxcomb flowers to some trumpet vine foliage leftover from last week. 

August 3, 2013 -- trumpet vine (and green tomato again)

Loved these two sprigs of trumpet vine--one with bud, one with mature blooms.

And, amazingly enough, the foliage on the green tomato I displayed on the windowsill is still looking great. THAT is a real surprise to me. It must be "drinking" from the tomato.