For Jane and other tender souls

My heirloom climbing roses are starting to make their presence known in my garden.  I will save some of the 'shop talk' about these roses and their 'habits' for another post.  Today, I want to share the beauty that is just outside my window or meets me as I open my door.

Somehow heirloom seems appropriate as far as classifying these specimens.  Heirlooms of value, whether a treasured piece of vintage jewelry or linens, china, sterling....even books, journals or stories are saved and passed down from generation to generation.  

A line in the family tapestry has been established and continues beginning to end.....nourished by the love, humor, generosity and creativity of it's contributors and curators; or, in the case of my roses,  from their own roots to tip,  the family line is intact and remains strong and vigorous.  

Please visit http://www.heirloomroses.com/ it is a family run business based out of Oregon, if you would like to learn more about aquiring and raising 'vintage' roses.

Now dedicated to Jane of Yesterdays Treasures (another Etsy shop) here are this week's finds while on 'walkabout'.

This week in the shop will be dedicated to Mother's Day  and Springtime with all of it's traditional heralds, like butterflies, feathers, airy vintage crystal bracelets and the like.

We are functioning at about 1/3 speed since my second surgery and continue to thank you for your patience as we gain strength and are able to list and make this great finds available to you.

Should you see something here that isn't in the shop yet, contact me here and I will get back to you with a customized listing on Etsy, okay?  Enough!  Let's get to the show. 

Here is a newly opened blossom from Summer Wine. It's a beautiful apricot/pink blend that fades to pale pink before self cleaning its blossom.




Here is what the same blossom looks like after a week or so before dying back.



See the yellow eye?

Here is a lone California poppy amongst the leaves of a variegated (2 colored) leaf Japanese boxwood.
I love the contrast of the orange against the greens. Here in the Antelope Valley we have so many poppies that we have a festival yearly......hmmmm......maybe I should purchase booth space one of these years.....

Hot Pink Daisies, these go on and on, very prolific bloomers,becoming as large as a shrub! The color is sheer happiness to me.

Snow in summer is the name of this prolific ground cover.  In the nightime a white garden reflects the moonlight and provides light to the evening stroller as well as fragrance.  The bluish silver leaf of this flower is very attractive.  


Here is a chair that I purchased at a thrift shop. Some talented soul made this chair out of leather and had a method for caning the base, the name of which I can't conjure up. I love it's rustic look. It sat outside for a longtime before being donated so the leather is non pliable. I use it as a prop or to accomodate lightweight plants.

Here is a rare variegated salvia.  I almost lost it in last winter's freeze, but even in it's severely pruned condition, it yields an early fushia blossom.  Hummingbirds and hummermoths love the tubular blossoms.  It is sheer delight to watch these creatures drink the nectar.  Butterflies follow along after to help continue the pollination process.

 

Mums will bloom in the late summer bright yellow and sunny, this old rusty wagon wheel, a gift from my daughter is the perfect backdrop for them against our white house.

Finally, here are just a few gilty pleasures that are headed for the shop this week.

Hope that you've enjoyed the peek into one of my other passions gardening.

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2 Butterflies Belt Buckle measures 4" across.  Perfect for your stretchy belt or to use as an altered art component.  Looks cool on this driftwood peace.

Sometimes I sit and seal driftwood pieces during the cold months.  The montage of pieces often resemble the creatures of the sea from which the wood washed ashore.  Unique buckle the simply hooks into the mate.

Weighing in at 1/2 pound, a beautifully gilty Saks Fifth Ave Lipstick Caddy currently listed in the shop!





Vintage Cloisonne Peacock Pendant with Silken Cord and Long Black Tassle:




Obscenely opulent aristocratic trash. Smashing Purple Watermelon Rivoli Glass Ring set in upturned filigree leaves, punctuated with ab purple cabs:





Diamond cut, russian gold butterfly clip with faux pearl 'tail':





Very large Butterfly brooch features hot pink cabs on upper wings, ab pink cabs on lower wings, watermelon or volcano glass navette for it's body and seed pearl eyes.....a knockout. Light and airy.




Hope that you enjoyed this post.

Until soon,
HDRose