tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220820858999291402024-02-06T18:38:40.725-08:00bleu hydrangeaColleen Dietrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040402653622873853noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822082085899929140.post-23837587270683128462013-07-18T06:19:00.002-07:002013-07-18T06:41:26.399-07:00Our garden, through the eyes of a child<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been spending weeks indoors, due to major foot surgery. This is the time of year when most of my garden is in bloom, too, and I miss being outside with the flowers. Through the windows, I can see much of my garden, but it's not the same as being right there. So, I entrusted my good Canon Rebel t2i to my 11 year old daughter, who has a keen eye and an interest in photography, and sent her outdoors.<br />
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Our garden, as seen through the eyes of my child:<br />
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These purplish-blue hydrangeas are from our neighbor's garden. The bush is enormous!<br />
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The bush below is near my shed. About 10 years ago, another neighbor was digging this up and tossing it so they could plant a central air conditioning unit instead. I asked if we could have it. It had been a deep, rich blue that almost didn't look real. When it came to live in my yard, it became pink and purple due to the higher alkaline levels in my soil.<br />
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Yes, she found a heart shaped hydrangea blossom on one of the bushes! This was not 'Photoshopped' in any way!<br />
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I think she did a great job! Not only did she give me a tour of my garden through pictures, but she gave me a tour <i>through her own eyes</i>, and that is priceless.<br />
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Peace and blessings to you,<br />
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Colleen Dietrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040402653622873853noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822082085899929140.post-38505435474828214702013-04-11T07:13:00.001-07:002013-04-11T07:13:29.780-07:00Easter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our Easter holiday this year was low-key and lovely, spent with my in-laws. We had good food, good conversation, good wine....yes, life is good. :-)<br />
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I'm sharing pictures of my Easter decor and a few other things. Hope you enjoy!<br />
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First up, bunnies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This momma bunny and her baby were given to my youngest daughter for her first birthday. They were left in the attic in a bin full of stuffed animals due to lack of display space in her bedroom. I rescued them to use at Easter time.<br /></span></td></tr>
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Eggs, eggs, eggs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have so many plastic eggs. This is a fun way to see many of them at once. My youngest arranged these for the dining room table.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Paper carrots, set on top of my doorknob collection. I found an old Delacre cookie tin at an antiques store, filled it with natural excelsior and display it on my coffee table.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Limoges china inherited from my great aunt. It had belonged to her first husband's aunt before that. It's old! Love this cheese/butter dome.</span></td></tr>
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Hello my friends. I've missed sharing photos here on this little blog of mine. Life sure gets busy, and this blog gets neglected when that happens. There are still some photos from Christmas that I wanted to post here; hope you don't mind. I'd better get 'em out before Spring officially arrives!</div>
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This paper Eiffel Tower ornament was created by my friend, <a href="http://chocolatecraftsandbearsohmy.blogspot.com/">Carol</a>. It's covered in glitter and adorned with crystals, berries, and paper poinsettias and leaves that she handcrafts. I am blessed to have received a box full of these!</div>
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Knowing my love of gardening, my stepmother gave me this hand-painted ornament one Christmas many years ago. <br />
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I'm nuts about grapes. Couldn't pass up this delicate glass beauty on clearance many years ago. <br />
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A favorite aunt of mine gave me this years ago, a little hummingbird in a tiny woven basket.<br />
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Love this big, flower-bedecked glass ball.<br />
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These belong to my 14 year old daughter, who loved dancing and anything Disney princess when she was small. This is Alice In Wonderland...close enough. ;-)<br />
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On a trip to Disney World in 2010, we picked up the big mouse ears in a Christmas shop.<br />
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My mother-in-law decorates so beautifully for Christmas every year. She places pine cones of all sorts in a big bowl on her living room table.<br />
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Glittery, pale green poinsettia, also at my mother-in-law's house.<br />
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I've loved snowmen for as long as I can remember. These little fellows sit on my kitchen windowsill. Each one has a nickel embedded in its base. I think they are called Belsnickels, but I couldn't find any info online about them.<br />
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Soft sculpture snowmen are my favorite.<br />
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Cristabel, playing with a package decoration. Now it is her very special toy.<br />
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A robin outside the window, a harbinger of spring.<br />
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One last Cristabel picture. :-)<br />
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Thanks so much for dropping by today!<br />
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Peace and blessings to you,
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Hello! It's been a while since I've done a post here at <b><i>bleu hydrangea</i></b>. Life got a lot busier than I anticipated. :-) All of a sudden, it's Christmas time, and I'm sharing some of my favorite things.<br />
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This cake stand was my husband's grandmother's. I feel very blessed to have known Jody. She was an extra-special person. I love to place glass ornaments and faux snow inside at this time of year, and display it on the dining room table.<br />
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In our small house, the Christmas tree needs to go in the dining room...the only place it'll fit. We have a slim tree, and I really load on almost all the ornaments we've collected over the years. I think if I add one more, the tree will fall over!<br />
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Since before the girls were born, I've collected snowmen. I love their faces, especially their carrot noses. This fella is one of my faves.<br />
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Another fave, this one carries a large sprig of frosted berries and sports a moss green jacket and scarf.<br />
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In the 1980s, a co-worker of mine made this ivory stuffed stocking for me. She didn't know how to sew, or didn't want to, but instead used glue to create this beauty. You'd never, ever know there isn't a stitch on here! It's made with ivory moire fabric, lace, and pearls. Sigh. <br />
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When my 14 YO daughter was very small, she ADORED <b><u><i>The Wizard of Oz</i></u></b> movie, and anything to do with it. She owned red glittered shoes (a la Dorothy) for years in a row, and rarely took them off. In fact, when she was a flower girl in my sister's wedding, wearing a white gown, she insisted on wearing those "Dorothy" slippers. Thank heavens my sister thought that was fabulous and let her do it! Back then, my daughter's Grammy bought her the Ruby Red Slipper garland, which we drape over her white eyelet window valance at Christmastime. <br />
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Another fave for me: snowflakes. I hung this one on a mirror with a small suction cup hook. Faux holly and berries are swagged on this mirror, too. The frame is special: it belonged to my father. When he passed away (I was 29), I took this frame and another similar one from his house, and had them made into mirrors. I think of my dad whenever I pass them by.<br />
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This past summer, I found a vintage Delacre cookie tin at an antiques shop in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. I filled it with excelsior for cushioning, a pale green mercury glass ornament, and assorted silver jingle bells. I made the quilted table runner years ago.<br />
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In my kitchen, on top of the cookbook cabinet, I display some fun stacking boxes, little trees, and two very special reindeer. They were made by my girls when they were each in Pre-K class. They painted a terracotta pot, traced their little hands on brown craft foam, trimmed out and attached to the pot. Googly eyes and a red pom-pom nose complete them.<br />
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I have a pewter chandelier in my dining room, and each Christmas I hang upon it all the Wallace Silver Holiday Bells I've collected since my oldest daughter was born. There are a few crystal snowflakes on there, too.<br />
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While practicing songs for the upcoming Winter Concert, my 11 YO viola-player found Cristabel sitting in the instrument case. I couldn't help but snap a shot of this! She fit in there quite well.<br />
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The girls each have a hand-painted plate for Christmas Eve. They are set out every year, with cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer.<br />
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I fell in love with this big sign, found at The Cotton Gin down in Nags Head, NC. It doesn't show here, but the letters are glittery.<br />
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The bathroom is decorated in tones of silver and white. I love the cool, icy look of it.<br />
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I made the pipe cleaner reindeer a while ago, from a craft how-to on the Martha Stewart Living website.<br />
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Pardon my silver footed dish with its unpolished appearance . It'll have to wait until another time to be polished!<br />
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Love the sparkly snowflakes paired with rustic iron.<br />
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A grouping of lighted churches graces the hallway bookcase upstairs.<br />
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When my beloved grandmother passed away, I found a box of antique green glass ornaments in her attic. I wanted a way to display them at Christmas to remind me of her, so I covered a Styrofoam tree form with them. <br />
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These mercury glass ornaments were all inexpensive and culled from places like Home Goods, TJ Maxx and small shops. They sit on a silver platter which was given to my grandparents for one of their anniversaries.<br />
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I just LOVE this vintage-look Santa! He was one of my Christmas presents a couple of years ago. He sits by a fancy reindeer on the television stand.<br />
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I'm so glad you took the time to visit today. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!<br />
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Colleen Dietrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040402653622873853noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822082085899929140.post-36905008697470900602012-09-21T11:53:00.002-07:002012-09-21T11:55:55.194-07:00Garden Survivors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Too many months have passed since I last posted here at bleu hydrangea. I did not intend for that to happen, but sometimes Life makes other decisions for you. ;-)<br />
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The summer here in the Northeast was dry and hot, as it was for many other places. Despite frequent watering by hose, many of my plants and most of the lawn succumbed to the extreme weather and browned out. <br />
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I do have a few flowering plants remaining that I dubbed my 'survivors'. Bless their hearts for hanging in there, long enough for me to get photos before Autumn officially arrives and puts them to sleep.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love ivy. This tendril grew through the wicker child's rocker, and I let it be.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Coleus must have loved its protected home on the porch; it really thrived.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ruby Red Pentas, an annual. This plant did so well, I will probably put it in the garden again next year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sweet Autumn Clematis. This was here when we moved in 17 years ago, and does really well every year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is what the blue hydrangea looks like in the fall. No sign of blue at all!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's what it looked like back in the middle of June. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As the summer drought went on, the blue hydrangea blossoms began to wilt <br />and change to brown. I preserved some before it got too late, and <br />store them in a large acrylic container.</span></td></tr>
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Colleen Dietrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040402653622873853noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822082085899929140.post-76705597770839389282012-06-03T11:11:00.003-07:002012-06-03T11:11:50.096-07:00Seasons Change<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Welcome! A big 'thank you' to those of you who visited my<a href="http://bleuhydrangea.blogspot.com/2012/05/transformation-of-garden-and-self.html"> last post</a> and left the most encouraging comments. I really enjoyed writing from my heart, and it pleases me that you all felt touched by it. <br />
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I love how the seasons play out in a garden. Spring brings life to some of my most glorious flowers, like the daffodils, irises, peonies, lilies of the valley, azaleas and more. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">A peony bud, with rain drops inside.</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Before the white peony bursts fully, it has the prettiest shade of light pink.</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Azaleas.</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">These plum irises have the briefest of days to shine.</span></i></td></tr>
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Seems like one day each variety has its chance to dazzle, and the next, the blossoms begin to fade. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">The lavender perfumes the air near my dining room window.</span></i></td></tr>
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As Summer approaches and the weather warms, different plants come into their own. My beloved hydrangeas make their big appearance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Blue hydrangeas from my favorite bush.</span></i></td></tr>
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A garden, through its seasons, reminds me of an orchestra, playing one long piece of beautiful music. Each player contributes to the symphony.<br />
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I love the beautiful music I see and hear in my yard. I enjoy this progression, letting each plant do its thing. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Clematis had its time to bloom weeks ago. It's done for the season.</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Fuzzy lamb's ears. I love the soft texture and the silvery green foliage.</span></i></td></tr>
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I am so glad you dropped by today. I hope you've enjoyed my garden photos!<br />
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For those of you who have visited this blog before, you'll know that my husband and I have worked hard on our gardens this spring. Over time, the flower beds in our yard became unruly and overgrown, uninteresting, and unloved.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The front bed, transformed this spring.</i></span></td></tr>
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When we first bought this house 17 years ago, my desire for gardening grew. I had always grown little pots of things on the balcony of the apartment where we had lived prior, and was eager to finally fully immerse myself in 'real' gardening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Can you see the pink hydrangea on the side of the porch?</i></span></td></tr>
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Our new old house needed lots of love and remodeling. The yard was overgrown, filled with too many trees in awkward locations for this small property. We set about ripping out many things, keeping others, and planting things that made my heart sing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Calamintha, close-up. Three of these surround the Japanese Stewartiia tree in the front bed.</span></i></td></tr>
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I felt like a true gardener at last, and it became my 'release' after the work day was over. I'd lose myself in the soil, the bulbs, the flowers, the sounds and smells of nature. It brought me such peace and satisfaction.<br />
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Fast forward a few years, to when I became pregnant with my first child. As my spring due date approached, I never dreamed my gardening routine would change. I pictured the baby, happily cooing in a little carrier near me, while I trimmed plants and deadheaded spent flowers.<br />
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Reality set in very fast, once my daughter was born. I barely had time to eat and shower, let alone garden. She was an infant who preferred to be held much of the time and slept very little during the day -- unless it was on ME. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">A view of the porch, with my grandmother's antique wicker set. </span></i> </td></tr>
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The gardening I once enjoyed so much became a chore, and nothing more. I spent even less time outside as baby #2 came along. Any planting, weeding or trimming was a challenge, as the kids needed tending instead. When they were toddlers, the priority was to keep an eye on them. As the girls grew slightly older, I could, at last, turn my back on them to do a bit of gardening. Only then, every time I turned toward soil and plants, I'd hear, "Mom, watch me do this! Watch me do it again!" <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Lavender torenia, in one of the pots on the porch.</span></i></td></tr>
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My garden was no longer receiving prompt attention from me, and my heart was very sad. I gave up on it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Purple torenia lives in another pot on the opposite side of the porch.</span></i></td></tr>
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The kids grew older still, and now there was more time to garden, but the desire was no longer there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Sweet potato vine (ipomoea), geraniums, ivy and Gerbera daisies by the stairs.</span></i></td></tr>
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My husband grew impatient with me, because plants had just taken over, throwing seeds anywhere, and new plants sprang up in unwelcome places. Weeds happily set up residence, too.<br />
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Last year, our family dealt with big issues, as our daughter became sick with anorexia, and I had a hysterectomy. Gardening was the furthest thing from my mind, as card-making had replaced it as my form of meditation and therapy in the previous couple of years. <br />
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In the winter, my husband strongly urged me to come up with new ideas for the flower beds, and gave me free rein at the garden center. I spoke to a nursery expert, and she helped guide me to the right plants for our needs.<br />
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The hard work began more than a month ago, as we once again ripped out plants we no longer favored, dug up sod, and created new shapes and textures in the garden. <br />
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This past weekend, I spent many hours shopping and planting annual flowers, both in the front yard and the back. As they grow and fill in, I would love to share pictures of them with you.<br />
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With all the hard work we've done, the way the garden is shaping up again, I feel a renewed interest in spending more time outside with my plants. <br />
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As I watered everything this afternoon, in the quiet hours that the kids were in school, I had time to reflect on things. <br />
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My gardening tale mirrors my life. When the girls came along, I devoted all of my time to raising them. I neglected the garden, and I neglected myself. My weight crept up, my health declined in some ways, and I didn't do enough things to make <i>ME</i> happy.<br />
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After years of neglect, both the flowers and I are enjoying a resurgence of health and positivity. I have lost 22 pounds since early February this year, I try to do yoga at least twice a week, and I feel stronger all the time. The clothes I've worn no longer fit me, and I'll soon need to get new ones (but not too many; I have many more pounds to shed!). I take more pride in my own appearance, and certainly that of my yard, considering all the effort put into it.<br />
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When I realized this connection today, it made me humbly grateful for all that I have. I count my blessings in the thousands, from a roof over my head and a loving, tightly-knit family that I am proud of, to the sun that shines and the rain that falls.<br />
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I also count my blogging friends among these blessings. I treasure the relationships I've developed with you, and thank you for them. <br />
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It's definitely Spring here in the Northeast, and flowers are surrounding my house. With the warm winter we had, Mother Nature is a little "off", and some flowers that used to bloom all together harmoniously have followed their own schedules instead. My favorite bed of irises, peonies and geranium (cranesbill) didn't look quite as spectacular as it has in earlier years. Some of the best pix I have of that bed date back to when we didn't even own a computer or a digital camera, so I can't easily show you. ;o)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A rose from my garden, in a bouquet I arranged for the dining room table. This one is very fragrant.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bouquets of roses, peonies and irises, elevated on a crystal cake pedestal.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This container is an old soap dispenser I had used in the bathroom. <br />The pump stopped working, but the vessel is in fabulous, shiny condition.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taken with a telephoto lens, I'm surprised at the clarity of this pic. This bunny sat directly <br />in the center beneath our trampoline for <i>hours</i>. Couldn't get the reflection of his eye to go away.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have several clusters of chives in the garden, grown mostly for the flowers. <br />We always forget to use them in our cooking!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our azaleas have never looked better. They've just really taken off this year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My favorite iris, so sweet is its perfume.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, this is my clothesline. ;o) I thought the two clothespins looked neat against the blue sky.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The clematis that came with the house. I got 7 blooms out of it this year - whoo hoo, banner year!</span></td></tr>
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Thanks so much for dropping by!<br /><br />
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Peace and blessings to you,<br />
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Hello friends! Last weekend, my husband and I transformed the front garden bed. It's been needing work for years. The "before" pictures show a blah-blah-blah front yard, with a straight garden bed and ripped-out bushes.<br />
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The bushes we had planted there more than a decade ago didn't do well. The azaleas were relocated about two years ago, and seem to like where they are now.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not my photo (<i><a href="http://www.gardenality.com/Plants/188/Shrubs/Golden-Euonymus.html#imageId=2208">photo credit</a></i>). I can only wish my euonymus bushes looked this good!</span></td></tr>
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The euonymus bushes got infested with scale and shed leaves continually, looking spindly and weak. (A woman who works at the plant nursery where I bought our new things said, "I always steer people away from euonymus bushes. Just say that word out loud, real slow: 'you-wanna-mess'" - LOL, and it's true!)<br />
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I know it's not all that exciting to see, but I am THRILLED that we have a new shape to the bed, and bushes, and a tree, and some perennials. We need mulch, and some annual flowers, too. This was enough work for one day, let me tell you! My big strong husband cut out the sod with just a shovel, God bless him. He didn't need to go to the gym that day. ;)<br />
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Here are some flowers from the back yard:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We inherited a patch of these irises when we moved here. These have the sweetest perfume.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another inherited beauty, though no perfume. </span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A viburnum hangs over my fence from my neighbor's yard. So pretty!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lilies of the Valley from our yard, another inherited plant. We don't have too many, <br />but these few gave me pleasure on my kitchen windowsill.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">More inheritance. These irises never grow above a foot high, and are very fleeting.</span></td></tr>
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Hello! I have some pictures to share with you today, some taken on Easter, some just after, as I was putting away the silverware. It was a bright sunny day, and I had fun arranging things on my dining room table to photograph. Enjoy...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fruits of labor: the Easter morning egg hunt.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cristabel watches as the eggs are opened.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you see the heart-shaped moth on the screen?</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Delicate paper carrots...or turnips. I've used a picture frame as a tray.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bought these at Tuesday Morning for a couple of dollars each.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm sure someone's wondering why I took so many pictures of flatware.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">These belonged to my grandmother, and I don't take them out often enough.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love the way silver twinkles. I even love it when it is tarnished.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">When my in-laws moved South, they let me look at their tag sale items first. <br />I chose this cream and sugar set.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A close-up of a silk flower arrangement.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This German-made teapot belonged to my father's mother. <br />I love the delicateness of it.</span></td></tr>
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</div>Colleen Dietrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00040402653622873853noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822082085899929140.post-6496630519426063852012-04-07T00:01:00.000-07:002012-04-07T00:01:01.744-07:00Happy Easter<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Happy Easter! Tomorrow we'll be having dinner here for some of our family, and the day will be busy with an egg hunt for the girls as well. <br />
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I wanted to share a few spring decorations that are on my living room coffee table with you:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plastic eggs, in blues and purples.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sweet bunny, with a crackled finish.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit of the front door wreath.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love mercury glass. This candlestick was a Target bargain - $3.00!</td></tr>
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Thanks for joining me!<br />
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More than a year ago, we visited Charleston, South Carolina for my BIL's lovely wedding. I took some photos of different sites there, and want to share them with you. Please keep in mind, I did not have my awesome new camera back then, and did the best I could with a point-and-shoot. ;-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snapshot taken while driving through town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An old rice plantation, Drayton Hall. The tree-lined drive up to the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drayton Hall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tree on the property. Amazing how it leans!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plantation is not climate-controlled, or even furnished.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty gate leading into the servant's kitchen below the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful semi-circle over the doorway.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This must've been magnificent in its heyday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A famous ceiling medallion in Drayton Hall. I bought a porcelain <br />
Christmas ornament that looks just like this at the gift shop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trinity Methodist Church, established 1791. It was right near our hotel. <br />
The following photos are taken in the front of the church.</td></tr>
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I'm anxious to get back to Charleston. There is so much to see and do!<br />
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Thank you to everyone who stopped by here at <b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">bleu hydrangea</span></b> after my first post! It's exciting to see some Followers on that sidebar, too. :-)<br />
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Right after Christmas, before I purchased my new camera, I took some shots around my house to capture the beauty I see from day to day.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of a set of beautiful cobalt blue glasses <br />from my husband's grandmother's collection.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ceiling medallion in our dining room, <br />set against a pale plum ceiling. <br />(paint color is <i>Phlox</i> from the Martha Stewart line)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love this hat box, bought at Target on clearance 13 years ago. I remember buying it when my 13YO was tiny. It sat on a shelf in the nursery for a long time, but now it houses flowers for crafting.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our house, built in the 1920s, features these <br />glass doorknobs on all interior doors.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We upgraded to a queen size mattress only last year (we had a full-size before that). I love the romantic, vintage <br />style comforter from Bed Bath & Beyond. <br />It reminds me of Anna Griffin stamps and papers.</span></td></tr>
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We recently renovated our only bathroom, changing the color from dark hunter green to a Benjamin Moore color called "Barely Teal". To me, it looks like crystal clear water from someplace tropical. It is very serene. <br />
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To get the placement of everything just right, before making nail holes, I traced each item on a large sheet of kraft paper (I have a huge bolt of it from a commercial supplier). Then I attached those paper shapes to the wall with painter's tape.<br />
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This is a close-up of an antique mirror that was my grandmother's. It hung in her laundry/sewing room, by the back door. I've had it in storage for 13 years. I'm so happy it now hangs where I'll see it every day and be reminded of her.<br />
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This little plaque was bought at a garage sale. I love the stone feel (though it's lightweight resin) and incredible Old World detailing.<br />
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The texture of the new towels is so amazing, and so very soft (TJ Maxx bargains).<br />
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A daylight shot of the focal wall.<br />
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The mercury glass container is from TJ Maxx; the tin baby cup and silver plate are antiques.<br />
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This Parisian framed print is also from TJ Maxx. Can you tell I go there often? ;)<br />
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I made this shelf when I took a woodworking course at our local high school's Adult Course Program. It had been stained with a cherry finish, but that didn't work in the 'new' bathroom, so we painted it crisp white. The mercury glass candlestick is a clearance bargain from Target ($3.12!), and the silver pitcher is vintage.<br />
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And here's Cristabel, mid-yawn-and-stretch. She looks ferocious, doesn't she?<br />
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