In a vase on Monday – Winter Bear
As I am hopeless at sticking to things I will not start this post by saying that I intend to participate in Cathy’s weekly In A Vase On Monday meme. Instead I will aspire to take part more than I did last year, which shouldn’t be too hard to achieve!
January is really not the ideal time to try and write a post about a vase full of things from your garden but I have managed to rustle up some Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’ which isn’t quite fully open so may be useful next week, or the week after and some Jasminum nudi-florum which to be honest is probably beginning to go over.
The bear ornament is one of what my family call my ‘Christmas tat’ collection which I think is quite rude. Essentially, every December I seem to acquire one or two Christmassy ornaments to add to my growing collection. I am rather fond of the bear whose name is Prudence – well that’s what is says on its bottom – and she doesn’t go away in the cupboard after Christmas but usually moves to her non-Christmas quarters in the spare bedroom aka my sewing room.
The vase is a flea market find a couple of years back costing the princely sum of £1 and the light is newish and bought to help me seeing when I am sewing in the evenings.
So that is my first IAVOM post, I wonder how many I will manage this year. Thanks to Cathy for hosting this meme – you can check out hers and others by visiting her blog via this link
Those of us who have posted vases through several winters know how much pleasure just a few sprigs of somethng can give when pickings are slim, and your jasmine and viburnum are no exception – thank you for sharing them and including your props too, which always add a touch of ‘je ne sais quoi’ to IAVOM. Hopefully see you here again soon
Yay! Glad to see you having a go at this one. That’s a lovely little vase and I am especially fond of that lamp!
You may be surprised at just how infectious these IaVoM posts can become. I had no concept of where it’s led me when I started. I think your vase and your winter bear figurine are lovely and I’m glad your bear has a refuge to return to.
There is always something to pick – even just an interesting twisted piece of branch!
You’ve got more from your garden than I would from mine!