Tuesday 23 March 2010

Peek-a-boo...

Just outside the glazed doors in the dining area, some of the newly planted pensees and violets form a nice little circle of potted friends, and we spend the days playing peek-a-boo with each other through the different panes of the door.


Some cousins, rather untamed and with a penchant for living a little on the wild side, peer at us from underneath a garden bench, and there are moments where I am quite convinced they arch their backs just a little bit extra to show off their natural beauty and rub their freedom in the noses of the manicured but restricted potted lot.

Oh, the colour of this little beauty, the perfectly rounded petals, the little face in the middle, giving it that shy and innocent look... Ah, Mummy Nature, you did well on this one!

And now to something completely different. Try as I might, I could not find a catchy - or in fact any link at all that did not seem grotesquely contrived -from the violet to this, my latest second-hand shop find. It is probably not as old as I would like to imagine it is, and I am not sure how I feel about the painted design, but with considerable contemplation, perhaps I could find a place or purpose for it. Any suggestions for a small still life featuring black kitchen scales, anyone?

5 comments:

  1. Hej Helena!

    Vilka härliga vårbilder med lila penseer. Visst blir man glad då man äntligen kan köpa dem? Då är våren här på riktigt. :)

    Vilken fin våg du har köpt! Strunt samma om den inte är så gammal som du skulle önska. Den är ju jättefin och huvudsaken du tycker om den. :)Själv tycker jag att den hade passat perfekt i köket. Och om du nu känner att den måste ha en uppgift förutom att bara vara vacker så varför inte som frukt eller grönsaksskål? ;)

    Ha en strålande dag!
    Kram Lotta

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  2. Vacker sandsten, säger jag - i både hus och krukkor, ser det ut som. De lila små blommorna fina kontraster i det sandgula.

    Vi har en liknande våg (min mans), gissar att de är engelska klassiker. På den är det en hel radda med vikter som ser ut som bondepjäsen i schack, av de mest märkliga viktmått; 1/4 ounce är den minsta, en söt liten "gubbe".

    Ha det gott!

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  3. Oih, violets! So beutiful pictures - Again! I miss summer so badly. We only have lots of snow here in Finland.

    Have a nice week!

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  4. hej Helena, Tack för Titten Hos MIG, JAG blir sa glad. Vilka sota pensee'r du Har, da Känner jag mig sminkad Våren here.
    En san våg Har JAG aldrig inst, den var ovanlig fin Annorlunda OCH.
    Kram in dig / Ingela.

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  5. Isn't pansy the cutest little flowers. Love the flower pots and the set up....

    Annie (NJ)

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