Month: June 2016

Summer bouquet

~ Eva the Gardener ~ Leave a comment

When in town lately, I couldn’t resist the flower market and ended up buying a bunch of corn flowers. For my inner eye I could see them together with the different kinds of grass growing in our lawn.

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So the next morning I went out with a scissors and picked long stems of different grass IMG_0865and arranged them with the corn flowers in two decorated glass bowls. IMG_0874

 

 

 

 

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Always nice to make two, there is often an opportunity to give away one as a gift to someone dear.

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Simple but delicate ingredients make a romantic presentation.

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Beauty in the blink of a moment

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Some wonders of life are visible only if you are present in the “now” of life.

This morning I was up with  the sun and started the sprinkler in the lower part of the garden. I stood there watching the water spraying over the high grass with the sun beams IMG_0868coming in from the side. When the water hits the grass I see a miraculous sight. It is like a little cloud of dust letting go from the top of the grass, flying through the air, landing on the ground.

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What on earth is this? Then I understood. The grass was ripe, ready to let go of its pollen. It just needed a little “push” from water or wind – and I happened to be there right at that moment. It was so so beautiful. I tried to catch it with my camera.

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The pollen dust, like an invisible spirit passing by …