May 9, 2011

It's hard to explain these.  Flowers moved around today and yesterday!  On the windowsill this morning were some immature peony pods (what's left after the petals have fallen off)  in black vase and a little orange baking container.  That explains the photo below, which looks more like October than May.  The pods are from different peonies than the ones that were in this container on May 8.  The original peonies got moved to an arrangement on the kitchen table, and they haven't fallen apart yet.

Then, this afternoon I did an "arrangement" in a Bud Lite bottle. Two peonies and a big wand of rhubarb flowers with big, pretty, ruffled leaves.

And then.... the arrangement below wasn't for the windowsill. It was a for a friend in a nursing home. I had made it for him in April and used voilets (dug up, roots and all) behind the little wattle fence (which is SO much fun to make!). This time, I used the same little fence and mini birdhouse, but added buttercups and scented geranium leaves. Second photo is closeup of the little wattle fence made of twigs.

Today I was forced to learn to use flash and fill flash on my camera. Progress!