December 31, 2012 -- collisions

Too much to explain--collision of eras (radiator/Amazon.com box), collision of subjects (antique chair; garden gourds), collision of surfaces (spray paint gold/natural wood). Long story short: I sprayed some gourds gold today (and they do take to that treatment). Happy New Year!

December 31, 2012 -- pine tags in cup

Believe it or not, I've got roses in a bucket on the back porch (they're leftover from a recent event that involved lots of florist flowers). But I didn't seem to want to use them today. This interested me more: a Wawa cup I picked up on my morning walk and some pine tags I jammed into it just because they, too, were brown!

December 29, 2012 -- dandelions

Dandelions were blooming along the roadsaide today, so I picked some and dropped them into this little green vase.

 I know it's not unusual for dandelions to be blooming in December, because I posted a photo of both dadelion and buttercup flowers on Dec. 23 of last year! It's so satisfying to be able to use this blog like a nature journal to confirm such things. I should also probably post the dandelion arrangement below, which I created on Dec. 27 but didn't post because it seemed so lackluster. I keep forgetting that the record of what blooms when may be the most useful part of this blog (and now I sort of like this little vanilla jar stuffed with dandelions and honeysuckle foliage anyway!).

 

December 28, 2012 -- oak leaves and spool

Feeling very wintry tonight.

December 27, 2012 -- greenbrier

Oh, how I love greenbrier leaves, especially in winter when they turn all rusty red, patina green, and yellow. What you're seeing here is dull compared the way they look outside with sunshine streaming through them.

December 26, 2012 -- uninspired

I was outside very little today, and felt uninspired, so I grabbed an ornament off the Christmas tree and dropped it into a vase with a piece of cryptomeria foliage.

December 25, 2012 -- gifts from two friends

Two friends contributed to this arrangement: Libbey Oliver, who gave me the little felt purse, and Mother Nature, who gave me the yellow holly foliage, the money plant leaf, and the cryptomerial greens.