This Week In My Garden - April 25, 2011

Monday
Our continuing monsoons are beating up my roses, so I've resorted to

rescuing some of them to bring inside.

These little 'Pinky' roses are from a climber and look like crushed velvet

all huddled together in a crystal candy dish.

Sunshine is predicted for tomorrow ...... and now it is TOMORROW!
Tuesday
And there is lots of sunshine ..... wooohooo!

'Pinky' - climber

The Acorn Woodpeckers must be raising babies, as they visit the feeder bowl frequently during the day.  Very interesting characters with great personalities. They live here year round in colonies, with only one pair breeding per year.  The rest of the flock helps to tend the chicks, both feeding and babysitting the new members of the colony.


Drenched, drowned and unable to hold its head up.

'Eden' - climber

Aeonium inflorescence

Lavatera maritima - Tree Mallow 'Bicolor'

Aloe in bloom, and up close and personal they almost look like hot peppers.

'Penelope' - musk rose

'Saluda' - miniature rose

Cistus x purpureus - Orchid Rock Rose

Cerinthe major 'Purperascens' - Honeywort, Blue Shrimp Plant

'Belle Epoque' - hybrid tea rose

'Altissimo' - climber

'Crepescule' - climber

Geum 'Blazing Sunset'


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Rose 'Pinky'

Our continuing monsoons are beating up my roses, so I've resorted to

rescuing some of them to bring inside.

These little 'Pinky' roses are from a climber and look like crushed velvet

all huddled together in a crystal candy dish.

Sunshine is predicted for tomorrow, so hopefully I will be adding

some additional images that are actually from out in the garden.

Thanks for stopping by!


EDIT:  I've added some images from the garden today on a separate post
This Week In My Garden

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May Day Tussie-Mussies

My go-to quick and easy holiday decoration is always the "tussie-mussie."

The following tutorial was posted for some Christmas decorations, but the

process is the same for any tussie-mussie. I've made some out of scrapbook

paper for May Day next week, which are shown at the end of this post.

You will need the following supplies:

An old book, the larger the format the better. (Or any pretty paper stiff enough to hold its shape, like scrapbooking paper or card stock)  Box cutter or X-Acto knife, pencil, scissors, glue, circular pattern (like a plate or bowl), hanging cord or ribbon. Optional: embellishments like beads, buttons, glitter, etc.

Use your knife to remove pages from the book.

Mark around your circular pattern.

Cut out the circle shape, then remove a pie

shaped portion of the circle that is approximately 1/3 of the circle

and set it aside. (You can embellish your cones with cutouts from

these pie shaped pieces later on.)

Hold the paper pie in both hands and gently roll it into a cone shape,

rolled loosely or tighter for a smaller/taller cone.  While still holding

the rolled cone, put a little glue on the inside fold of the pointed tip of the cone.

Roll your fingers around the tip and hold for a few seconds until glue sets.

Where the edges touch at the top rim, again add a bit of glue to secure the rim.

That's all there is to it!  So easy and instant gratification.

I love the way these black and white images turned out and the surprise

is that the inside of the cone also has something of interest to see.

Any book will work, the lower cone below was a page from a gardening book.

Now all that's left to do is embellish or not, add a hanging cord or ribbon.

You might have noticed the meat thermometer above ???

I used it to poke a hole on either side below the top rim to string the cord through. :-) You can also add "tails" hanging from the tip of the cone by gluing them inside the tip prior to rolling the cone.

Example for Valentine's Day.

Or any party table.

That was then and now it's already May Day 2011!

How did that happen so fast???

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope someone gifts you with some pretty flowers for May Day.  The roses are the first flush from my 'Joseph's Coat' climber.

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Easter With The Napkin Lady

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter, details on today's table at the end of the post.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and Happy Easter!

Vintage California Hand Prints tablecloth and napkins
Lillian Vernon Figural Napkin Holder 1980s
Fitz and Floyd "Moon Flower" salad plates
Green napkins - Home Goods
Napkin rings - Pier 1
Topiaries - Michael's
Flatware - vintage "Deauville"

China - Johann Haviland, the grandson of David Haviland, started his own company in Bavaria, Germany in 1907 and went out of business by 1924. An Italian firm bought the company and in 1933 sold it to the Rosenthal conglomerate. Quantities of this inexpensive china were sold at PX’s in Germany after WW 2. Several patterns were used as grocery store premiums. The company has no connection with the French or American china.
This is pattern 60424 Johann Haviland
The first roses of this season are the yellow climber 'Golden Showers'

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