tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59383384308928855112024-03-06T00:25:41.114-08:00Barb's Botanical GardenBarbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-2951305885191876662013-05-12T07:44:00.001-07:002013-05-12T22:02:48.147-07:00Murder Most Foul - Crepe Myrtle Death By Pruning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> I don't need Miss Marple to find out who butchered my Crepe Myrtle trees. I walked in on the last few minutes of the brutal crime, too late to come to the rescue, but not so late I didn't stand there, my finger pointed at the young man with his electric saw, and scream “Murderer!” </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> It was a serial killing. In the corner of my yard, by the bathroom window, another Crepe Myrtle had suffered the same abuse.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> The other culprit, the boy's mother, ran to me from the corner of my yard. Clippers were still in her hand. A lone pink blossom and stem dangled from her weapon.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> “They are not dead. Only trimmed. Your two Crepe Myrtles will bloom again.”</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Actually, the scene did not play out as I wrote above. The real cause of the problem was me. I hired a tree service, one that had done a grand job in my yard in previous years, to come clean up the overgrown shrubs and trees so I could find my yard again.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> The Crepe Myrtle, smack dab in the middle of my back yard, had grown out of control. My butterfly bushes, also out of control, mingled with the limbs of the tree. It was more than I could handle.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> We walked the yard and I pointed to the two Crepe Myrtles. The one by the bathroom had limbs resting on my roof. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> “Let's trim them both, along with all these shrubs.” I pivoted in place, my outstretched arm pointed to all the overgrowth. I never said how I'd like them to look. I just left it to the professionals.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Then I went inside to take a nap.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> The murder occurred while I was sleeping.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> The last two weeks driving down my street I noticed the Crepe Myrtles lining the sidewalks, on the county side, had been pruned back to tall, bald knobs.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em> I'd be disgusted if the county did this to my yard</em>. That was my thought every time I backed out my driveway to go somewhere. You couldn't miss how desolate the trees looked. The county had to cut back to protect the electric lines, but the view from the lovely planted yards to the stark tree stumps was shocking. Small branches are now popping up. A bad haircut that is starting to grow.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> I didn't need the county to muck up my yard. I paid to have it done.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Now the worst example of all sits on my property. The focal point of a garden I wanted to salvage, now the biggest gardening embarrassment possible. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Yesterday in the misting rain I went out to take a closer look at the Crepe Myrtle center stage. My hand ran up a sleek, bare, five foot tall, thick trunk. I talked to the tree like it was a child.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> "I'll take care of you. I promise I'll never let this happen again." I couldn't tell if it was tears or rain on my face. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> I bent and placed a kiss on the limb. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Perhaps it heard me and will work harder to push out new growth. I know I will take care to be more cautious with my yard when letting others do the work. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> The Crepe Myrtle by the bathroom is not as badly cut, but I walked over to it and repeated myself.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Then I came inside and Googled Crepe Myrtles and discovered the controversies about prunning them.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> <em>Crepe Myrtle pruning is greatly debated in the south. With the concept of flowering on new wood, many end their growing season murdering their Crepe Myrtles. While the plant doesn’t actually die, an over zealous pruning job definitely murders the look of one</em>. </strong></span><a href="http://gardeningwithconfidence.com/blog/plant-profiles/pruning-up-crepe-myrtles-crepe-murder-au-naturale-and-pollarding/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Gardening With Confidance</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> blog.</strong></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> “Crepe murder.” I didn’t invent the term. I think it was coined by Byers Nursery, a big wholesale grower of crepe myrtles in Huntsville, Alabama. I just did what we Americans have always done so well — pass off other’s good ideas as your own.</strong></span></em><br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong></strong></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Crepe murder is bad for several reasons.</strong></span></em><br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong></strong></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> 1. It turns beautiful trees into ugly stumps.</strong></span></em><br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong></strong></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> 2. It prevents the formation of pretty, mottled bark on maturing trunks.</strong></span></em><br />
<em><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong></strong></span></em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em> 3. A forest of skinny, whip-like shoots sprouts from the end of each ugly stump. These whips are too weak to hold up the flowers, so the branches often bend to the ground, like a drunk who’s about to lose his lunch.</em> From </strong></span><a href="http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2009/02/24/what-concerns-p/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>The Grumpy Gardener</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>, Southern Living</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> <em> Be patient</em>, I whisper. I will welcome two drunk looking trees into my yard, as long as they come back and bloom again.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Right now I am debating about having a still drink myself. While we all got away with murder, the guilt is hanging over me as heavy as the branches were on my Crepe Myrtle.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Lucky for me, my trees can't shout out, "Off with her head."</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> While I didn't handle the saw, I cetainly decapitated them.</strong></span></div>
Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-25746767456423561292013-04-15T05:38:00.001-07:002013-04-15T05:52:57.263-07:00The Cottage In My Mind: A Bee In My Bonnet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://thecottageinmymind.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-bee-in-my-bonnett.html" target="_blank">The Cottage In My Mind: A Bee In My Bonnet</a>: Dreaming of changing my old ranch house into the cottage in my mind is the subject of my newest blog. I am working on gardening issues now and would love some input! The link above will take you to that blog. Come say hello! Help me with gardening advice. What should I plant along my new picket fence that has mostly shade??? Thanks, <em>Barbara</em><br />
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“Watch out!” I screamed at my handyman as the bees buzzed overhead. I have a morbid fear of being stung and I didn't want him to get zapped while working on my new picket fence.<br />
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“I see them.” He swatted at the air above his head with his old cap. “Geez. I hate bees!”<br />
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Nobody was stung, thank goodness. But I had a problem to address. While the fence in front of my house was near completion, the side corner that frames the driveway was buzzing with bees.<br />
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“What do you think?” I looked at him, concerned, but somewhat disgusted there was a problem to solve. <br />
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“Don't know. I guess I could dig out the old fence, like I did on this side." He turned back to where he had all but completed my picket fence. "But there weren't bees there. Bees and I don't get along.”<br />
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The remains of the old split rail fence were covered with plants and shrubs. It had once been a flower bed, but years of neglect turned it into a jungle. I wanted flowers again, framed by my new fence. The only thing I planned to save was the sweet pink rose that managed to thrive over the years. <br />
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“Wonder what kind of bees they are?” I thought about all my old Victorian paintings with their honeybees flying over roses and lilacs in baskets.<br />
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I watched as the bees seemed to play in the air and soar above our heads, only to disappear back into the thick shrubs. They hardly noticed us.
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“I'll bet they are honeybees.”<br />
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“Not time for honeybees, nor yellow jackets. You say there is a wood fence there? Probably carpenter bees. April is the month you start seeing them.”<br />
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“You can buy spray to kill them. But that could also annoy them. They really aren't aggressive, unless provoked. Do you have a tennis racket? Try to chase them away with that.”<br />
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Her remark brought back a flood of memories! My husband used to keep his old tennis racket by the kitchen door. He'd take it outside to deal with the carpenter bees when he saw them at the back of the house. I tossed it away a few months ago in a house cleaning frenzy. My timing was off on that one. But I didn't really picture my handyman or myself down by the fence swinging a racket."<br />
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“Do you have someone I could call.” I repeated myself.<br />
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She gave me the name of a guy, a beekeeper, who might help. “Tell him you know you can spray, but wanted his help to do it. Most likely he'll say no.”<br />
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Not to be discouraged I called him. <br />
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“Don't want to take your money for something you can do yourself.” I had a good old country boy on the phone.<br />
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“I'm pretty sure they are carpenter bees, and I know I can spray, but I'm scared. And so is my handyman.”<br />
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“If he is a handyman, he's not afraid of bees. Ask him. Never met a handyman who couldn't handle a few carpenter bees, unless they are wasps or something else. But with that fence there, they most likely are carpenter bees. Can't take your money for that.”<br />
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Please take my money, I silently pleaded.<br />
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“I'd feel better if you could come and take a look. I'll pay for your time.”<br />
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“If you're that worried, I'll come in the morning. Want to be sure you know what you're talking about. Wouldn't want you to hit a wasp nest. But most likely them carpenter bees. Can't take your money for that.”<br />
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It rained liked the heavens opened up that night. By morning it was bright again. My handyman showed up, but the bees did not.
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An old pickup truck pulled up into the driveway just as I was assessing the bee situation. A man in his late forties jumped out and walked over to introduce himself.<br />
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“Do you think the rain chased them away?” I looked again at the quiet bushes and worried they were gone for now, but would be back, and my beekeeper would be gone.<br />
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Then a bee flew out of the bushes and circled us. <br />
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“Yep. You got carpenter bees.” He bent over and pulled back some limbs to see the split rail fence. “You can see the holes.” He thumped on the fence and more bees appeared. “Won't hurt you. Unless of course you bother them.”<br />
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Wasn't that what he just did thumping on the fence? But the bees just flew about. One brushed against my hand and took back off. They did not appear to be concerned with us like I was with them.<br />
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“Your handyman ain't afraid of those carpenter bees.” <br />
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“Yeah, I think he is. Let's ask.”<br />
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I called him over. He eyed the bees circling.<br />
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“Think you can handle this?” I looked at my handyman. Someone had to get that fence out of there so we could cut down the shrubs and get my picket fence in. "He says you can work around the bees."<br />
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“I hate bees.” He gave me a crooked smile and went back to the other side of the drive.<br />
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“Something wrong with him?” The beekeeper shook his head. “Never met a...”<br />
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“Can you help?” I cut him off mid sentence.<br />
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“I'll pull that old fence out if you like.”<br />
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Before I could answer he jerked out the two posts and the two rails and tossed them by the trash can. Then he bent over and grabbed the longer rail and held it out to me.<br />
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“Yep. Look at them holes.” He took a stick and poked in one of them. “Got that bee.”
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The holes could not have been more precise if they had been drilled.<br />
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“Wow. That's amazing. Are there more bees in there?”<br />
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My fear was gone. This was pretty awesome.<br />
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He held the rail close to his ear then handed it to me.<br />
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“Listen.”<br />
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The rail buzzed with activity. I wondered how many bees were still in there.<br />
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“They'll be out when it warms up a bit.” He dropped the rail back by the trash.<br />
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I was thrilled. The fence was out. I could trim back the shrubs myself now.<br />
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“Can I pay you for your time?” He didn't have to drive far from his house to mine, but I did cut into his morning. <br />
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“A few bucks for gas would be fine. Can't take your money for anything else.”<br />
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After he left my handyman and I made a quick run to Home Depot for caps for the fence posts. We stopped for burgers and drove home to eat in the driveway.<br />
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“I can see bees down there.” He was looking in his rear view mirror.<br />
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Just at that moment, the garbage men pulled up in their huge truck. They loaded my trash and started to leave.<br />
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“Did they take the fence rails?” I didn't want to turn around and look. <br />
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“No....wait, they just backed up."<br />
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“Are they taking it?” I couldn't believe my good fortune.<br />
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I did a quick spin in my seat to see them load the fence remains, bees and all, into the back of the truck and drive off.
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“I can't believe that. It's all gone!” Then we both started to laugh so hard I almost snorted up my diet coke.<br />
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Scratch one bee in my bonnet! I spent the next hour cutting back the overgrowth, except for my lovely old rose bush.<br />
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The rest of my fence goes in next week. (The post after this on <em><a href="http://thecottageinmymind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Cottage In My Mind</a></em> shows my fence.)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Back on <em>Pinterest</em> this morning.</strong></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>My last post had a charming garden themed photo with wonderful rusty old metal green chairs and botanical prints. It sent me into a frenzy. I held back on purchasing old prints. My walls are already full. But I love to get carried away in my mind!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> I adore small vignettes of garden items, herbs, and flowers. These photos (</strong></span><a href="http://pinterest.com/hillaryocarroll/garden-inspired/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>link here</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> to see the entire page on <em>Pinterest</em>) have me excited. I may use the ideas for my home decorating, rather than getting me out to work the yard! I love my garden themed rooms in the house. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> The morning sun is bright, the air smells of spring, and the day is full of possibilities. I think I will create something lovely for my home and garden!</strong></span><br />
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<em>A bit of Jasmine circles my Lady of Lilburn vintage statue (so named because she stood in front of my shop in Old Town Lilburn when it was open. She came home with me when I closed the shop!)</em></div>
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<em>My old rusty garden chairs sit behind a farm fence. Just a hint of blue paint left on them. </em></div>
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<em>The shovel has not been used in a year and is overgrown with ivy. I like the statement it makes and probably won't use it this year either.</em></div>
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<em>I uncovered my pink cart last week after trimming back all the rose branches. Fond memories go with this cart. I purchased it when I worked in the gift shop at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens a few years back. Spray painted it pink, like my favorite pink roses.</em></div>
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<em>This life-size vintage iron angel is in memory of my friend Anne, who was my late husband's cousin. </em></div>
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<em>The dogs left their mark running through this bed. 'Ouch' cried the little bloom.</em></div>
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<em>One of of too many dog graves in the garden. Foxy, Jake, and Boy Dog each have their own memory statue.</em></div>
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I love my yard for so many reasons, none which have to do with gardening! It is a safe haven for my six dogs. They can romp and play in their private setting. They don't bother the neighbors and the neighbors don't mind so many dogs. The garden is full of memories of my old life and promise of things to come. This year we'll see how much planting I do. I'll confess my sins here on my blog as the weeks move forward!</div>
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Found this quote on Pinterest. I'd forgotten about May Sarton, although when I was younger I read all her journals on life and solitude. I mentioned her in my own book. A quick stop by Pinterest brought back many memories of an author, memorist, and poet who enchanted me many years ago.<br />
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<em><strong>May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995) left an impressive legacy of over fifty books, including novels, poetry, memoirs and journals. Her appeal lay in her ability to "sacramentalize the ordinary" by probing everyday subjects such as flowers, gardens, animals, changing sunlight and personal relationships in order to find deeper, universal truths. She examined such themes as the need for solitude, the role of the muse in the act of poetic creativity, and the role of the female artist in society. </strong></em><br />
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<strong><em>Read more about May Sarton by clicking<a href="http://www25-temp.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/maysarton.html" target="_blank"> here.</a></em></strong></div>
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<em>Day one, daylight savings time.</em> For a gal who has put off working in the garden for three years the knowledge that this was the beginning of daylight savings was like an alarm clock blaring in my brain. Everything I have not done in three years I decided to tackle today. Well, not everything. But more than I'd done in months, years.<br />
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I am blessed with a private back yard that has several well established beds. I do nothing and things bloom. Not the same things every year, since the stronger plants take over the weaker ones. I also have a variety of small trees in my big beds that were not there last time I really took a look. The larger trees put off seeds, pods, whatever trees do, and baby trees were birthed. Trees that now will need to be dug out if I hope to have flowers again. But wait, my butterfly bushes, six feet tall will bloom. <em>Never mind.</em><br />
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My huge deck with the lattice inserts blocks the offensive part of the yard, the untamed, unruly, ungodly mess that used to be full of daffodils and lilies. My containers that line the brick patio and deck await lavender, rosemary, and other small herbs. <em>There is hope for me with some garden chores.</em><br />
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I used to spend hours in my yard, years ago. Things have changed, and six dogs romping in the yard bring their own pleasure. Flowers are not as important as the dogs being able to run through the remains of the grass and bask in the warm sun on my deck. <br />
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My concern for my dogs may have prompted my garden endeavors today. I could not go down the deck steps into my yard without being grabbed by large, leafy, green limbs of another unknown border plant, out of control by the back of the house. A lone, almost dead rose bush, reached out from the backside of the house, down my the entrance to my basement. Brown, thorny, limbs, like an octopus reaching out in all directions. I knew those two areas would be my target today. <br />
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I felt well equipped. I'd just purchased used vintage clippers from an antique shop. <em>Rusty with charm, I was curious to see if they were sharp enough to cut the spindly limbs.</em> They were. Like a mad woman in my pj bottoms and sweater top, I clipped and pulled, breaking some branches by hand, superwoman at best, nut case at least, until the back side of my house looked respectable. I came away unscathed. My new garden gloves with their heavy palms seemed perfect to gather the limbs and drop them in the back fenced area that I use for mulch. Ok. I don't use it for mulch. It is just easier to toss everything over the back fence where it can't been seen, then to haul it down my long driveway, to be picked up by the garbage men tomorrow.<br />
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The sun was hot. Two of my dogs followed every step I made, Chloe, the seven pound Chi, and Bertha, the wildebeest. The other dogs saw I was at work, and went back to sleep on the sunroom sofa. I joined them for thirty minutes, since all the activity had me at heart attack level. My face was beet red.<br />
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My second wind hit me an hour later. I grabbed my gloves and headed straight to the back bed. My prize rose bush was out of control. It nailed me with its long arms as I passed it earlier to dump the other clippings over the fence. Three years and it had reached out to cover the entire area. It roamed over my six foot, vintage, metal angel in the middle of the bed, and covered an even larger pink iron cart. Tendrils wove in and out of the angel and cart, so long I could not tell where each began and ended. I knew it was not safe to walk by the bedI had already gotten nailed. Thorns eight feet high stood two feet past the flower bed. Soon my lawn man would be back to take care of my weeds, mow them down until, squashed, the green color gave the illusion of grass. I didn't want one of those dangerous thorny arms to nab him as he rode by on his mower. Then there were the dogs. I worried they would try to run into the bed and be trapped in a maze of thorns.<br />
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For over an hour I carefully clipped, tugged, pulled, and cleaned out the overgrowth. Thorns tore holes in my cotton PJ bottoms, snagged my white fleece vest, and ripped at my legs and arms. They pierced my gloves and drew a spot of blood. Time after time, I got caught and had to twirl to unhook myself from the rose monster. I succeeded with my chore. By twilight my bush was tamed. The last injury came as I lifted the piles of thorny limbs to dump over the fence. <br />
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I don't know if this is the season to prune roses. I never know what to do when in my garden. It was time to take control and that is what I did today. There is enough of my rose bush left with life so I will be curious to see if it blooms. It was no more shocked by my attack then I was by its attack on me! I am still alive, I assume it is too. We will meet again later this spring to see who fared the best.<br />
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One more rainy day and I will eat more chocolate. I want the sun. I want the moon - but that is a different post entirely! Right now all I can think of is spring, gardens, and sunshine. We have had two days with sun and my spirits soared and life was good. My six dogs romped in the yard and stretched out on the deck. We were all relaxed and happy. Then I woke up today and the sky was dark, more rain on its way. It is not that it has been a harsh winter in my metro Atlanta town of Decatur, Georgia, but it has been bleak. Rain and cold that chills to the bone. Six dogs who refuse to go out in the yard. Don't ask about that! Dog owners know what I mean. I've been blessed it hasn't been a terrible winter, but I am cursed it has been a dark rainy one. I love the sun.<br />
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<em>Annie's Annuals & Perennials Web</em> put me back in the mood for dreaming...of gardens, sunshine and spring. I want to share her site with you, if you haven't already found her. Visit her web by clicking <a href="http://anniesannuals.com/" target="_blank">here </a>and find more surprises, photos, links, to make your mind spin with ideas. I just signed up for her newsletter and ordered her new catalog. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I've been following Sally Rosenbaum's beautiful paintings on Ebay for years. Her paintings of women in the garden, reading books, sipping tea or wine, or just enjoying the lush flowers around them, reminds me of spring and all its glory. Her paintings are romantic and timeless, showing contemporary women in lovely old fashioned hats and dresses. I want to share some of her work here and link you back to </strong></span><a href="http://www.sallyrosenbaum.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=37607&AKey=QF46TBG7" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>her website</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> where you can read more about Sally and her beautiful paintings or to her </strong></span><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Sally-Rosenbaum-Gallery?_trksid=p2047675.l2563" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Ebay Store </strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sally Rosenbaum Gallery.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>About the artist:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Sally Rosenbaum is a resident of Napa, California and paints in her studio at home using friends and family as models set against the backdrop of her own garden. “I like to show moments in time that invite reflection and celebrate the life of sensation, inner thought and contemplation. I strive to capture the temperature of the atmosphere on my subjects and the interplay of warmth and shadow.”</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>She holds a BA in fine art from UC Berkeley, several teaching credentials and has done graduate work in the fields of fine art, sculpture, and education. Her academic background is rich from the formal training she has received from individuals remarkable in their fields. She has studied with individuals as diverse as Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Earl Loran, and Don Hatfield.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Her work is currently shown in galleries throughout the United States and her work has been reproduced by Landmark Calendars, Marcel Schurman Fine papers, (Papyrus), American Greetings, Avon, and Broderbund software and she is currently under contract with Wendover art group who publishes throughout the world. </strong></span><br />
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-9339756169657952602013-02-07T22:06:00.000-08:002013-02-07T22:06:00.814-08:00An Old Chandelier Sparkles In The Sunlight, Ghosts Smile Remembering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>I love this chandelier</em>. I sold it on Ebay seven years ago. It was broken in transit. An arm cracked. The purchaser wanted a refund, and since I always like a satisfied customer, I took this lovely old, slightly askew, vintage crystal chandelier back. I was so pleased to have it again in my possession.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>It doesn't work, it has some flaws, but on days when the sunlight shimmers through the prisms it is a magical sight to behold. One dead tree limb hangs over the old six foot high stone wall that runs down the side of my patio. I gently hung this sweet piece on that limb. On stormy days I take it in, but on most days it graces my patio adding a touch of old world elegance.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>My yard has become as full as my house with treasures that once belonged to someone long ago. I wonder on days when I sit sipping a glass of wine on my rusty vintage patio chair, who this piece belonged to. It was not wired when I bought it, but at some time I imagine it was hanging from a ten foot ceiling of an old home where the family gathered around a dining table for a festive holiday meal. Perhaps young lovers shared a drink under the soft glow from the sparkling bulbs. The crystal prisims, reflecting the light from above, adding romance to the evening ahead.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I like to let my mind wander to imagine what my vintage treasures meant to others in a prior life. As a former antique dealer my treasures have come and gone over the years. Lately, however, I find I am keeping more things. I've parted with enough. I like to think I have the ghosts of antiques past smiling at me as I raise my glass to celebrate the past and wonder about the future. Perhaps one day someone will look at my lovely old things and wonder, who owned this?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I like to think of my possessions going on to another life, but I am not quite ready to give up the ghost to send them on just yet. But my will stipulates, sell! Have the biggest estate sale of the year (that year many years off) and find the best of homes for my things. Once loved beauty needs to be loved again and again over the years.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>A past, a present, a future. Antiques bring us an amazing history to sit and think about. The patina of life brings life to those of us living with them.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>.......reposted from my blog on Skirt.com</em></span></strong><br />
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-78173977027622077082013-01-30T14:46:00.000-08:002013-01-30T14:46:41.235-08:00Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>You see this image everywhere! It is copied by other artists (I am lucky to have a Sunday Artist's version in my collection. See at the end.) and has been reproduced on everything from tote bags to posters. I did a bit of research and thought I'd share it with you.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><i>Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose</i> (Tate Gallery, London), a painting of light and mood , is the masterpiece of John Singer Sargent's early English career. The inspiration for this painting came during a boating trip Sargent took on the Thames at Pangbourne in September 1885, during which he saw Chinese lanterns hanging amoung trees and lilies. He began his work while staying at the home of the painter F.D. Millet at Broadway, Worcestershire, soon after his move to Britain from Paris. His first model was the Millet's five-year-old daughter Katharine, but she was soon replaced by Polly and Dolly Barnard, daughters of illustrator Frederick Barnard. They had the exact hair color Sargent was seeking. Dolly, 11, is on the left and Polly, 7, is on the right.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>He worked on the picture, one of the few figure compositions he ever made out of doors in the Impressionist manner, from September to early November 1885, and again at the Millets's new home, Russell House, Broadway, during the summer of 1886, completing it some time in October. Sargent was able to work for only a few minutes each evening when the light was exactly right. He would place his easel and paints beforehand, and pose his models in anticipation of the few moments when he could paint the mauvish light of dusk. As autumn came and the flowers died, he was forced to replace the blossoms with artificial flowers. Read more on the <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-carnation-lily-lily-rose-n01615/text-summary" target="_blank">Tate Britain</a>.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Luther Emerson Van Gorder's (American, 1861–1931) 1895 <em>Japanese Lanterns</em> at the <a href="http://www.d.umn.edu/tma/collections/stories/cat03.html" target="_blank">Tweed Museum of Art</a> was clearly modeled after <em>Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose</em> and is one of their most popular paintings. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My own modern Sunday Artist version, acrylic on canvas, no signature, found online at Ebay.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Written by Hugh Brewster, illustrated by John Singer Sargent, published in 2007. Available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Carnation-Lily-Rose-Story-Painting/dp/1554531373/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359585423&sr=1-1&keywords=carnation+lily+lily+rose" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. </strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></strong>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Young Kate Millet is the model for the painting John Singer Sargent is working on in her parents' garden. Everyone says she is posing well, even though she finds it very hard to stand still. Then, one of her father's friends arrives with his two daughters. They're older, taller and have lighter hair than Kate. Sargent decides to use them as models instead. Kate is devastated. Based on numerous letters and recollections from the period, Hugh Brewster's story describes Kate's disappointment, the many difficulties experienced by the painter through the long artistic process, Kate's reconciliation with him and how she is immortalized on canvas after all. Illustrated with over 35 of Sargent's paintings and sketches, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose recreates the 1880s milieu of the famed American painter during an extended trip to England, and the thoughts and days of a girl who was there alongside him.</em></strong></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>A beautiful English garden in Toronto was the scene of the book's launch party, September 2007. View photos from the party <a href="http://www.hughbrewster.com/2007/10/garden-party-launch-for-carnation-lily-lily-rose/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I love the old New Yorker magazine covers and ran across a few garden related ones for sale on Etsy. I resisted buying them, but am sharing the links to the sellers in case you can't resist temptation. These are the old vintage covers, not reproductions, so the seller only has one for sale. Wouldn't they be charming framed in a garden room? As you may have figured out by now, I am a fool for art with garden themes!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Very interesting seed packs! Cover can be purchased<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/104332296/new-yorker-cover-by-roz-chast-shows-nine?ref=sr_gallery_14&ga_search_query=new+yorker+covers&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all" target="_blank"> here</a>.</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love how a picture can bring back so many memories. Experiences and feelings long forgotten flow back as if it were just yesterday. My evening check of the latest on Pinterest found the picture above. There was something familiar about the artist's style so I clicked on the link to see more. The picture was a small portion of a larger lithograph by French artist Jean-Paul Cassigneul. The name was very familiar to me from when I sold graphic art in the 1980s-early 90s (Silkscreens, lithographs, art posters, and prints) out of a room I rented in a friend's used book shop in Midtown Atlanta. I never sold much, but I could buy wholesale! In those days, with a tax number, you could buy art one piece at a time at wholesale prices. Shortly after I got my tax number the art world changed, you had to subscribe to buy the entire collection to get a wholesale price. That stopped my buying! But for a brief period I was happy adding to my growing collection and attending the Art Expo in New York City with another art dealer friend of mine. It was a glorified hobby, but one I had a grand time with. Most of my graphic art collection is gone, sold as I found Ebay and changed to a love of Victorian / vintage oils. The theme of my art stays the same, women in gardens, with flowers, and, as a dog hoarder, I now have rooms filled with vintage dog paintings. The poster below is the one I remember most. I don't know if I bought it or just dreamed of it. It was one of my favorite pieces by the artist. </span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>About the artist: (Jean-Pierre Cassigneul, French 1935 - )</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Following in the tradition of the early 20th century French artists, Bonnard and Vuillard, Jean-Pierre Cassigneul creates beautiful compositions with great appeal. Born in Paris in 1935, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong><em></em></strong></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>in Paris and held his first one-man exhibition there at the age of 17. Since then, his work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe, Japan and the United States, including shows at the Galerie Tivey Faucon and Galerie Bellechase, Paris; Gallery Tamenaga, Japan and Wally Fihdlay Gallery, New York. Cassigneul has also illustrated several books, including LE TOUR DE MALHEUR by Joseph Kessel.</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong><em></em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong><em></em></strong></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><em>Jean-Pierre Cassigneul went on to exhibit in various group exhibitions, including the Salon d' Automne in Paris (of which he was member), the Salon de la Jeune Peinture, and Meubles Tabeaux (Furniture-Paintings), an exhibition held in 1977 at the Centre Beau Bourg, where he showed a piece of occasional furniture in the Louis XIV manner, the doors and sides of, which were decorated with female figures. </em></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong><em></em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong><em></em></strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;"><em>He exhibited solo as of 1952, on a regular basis in France but also in New York, and Tokyo. Cassigneul is known for his charming and extremely popular Van Dongen-influenced paintings of women in floral hats, complete with frequent allusions to other aspects of the Années Folles.</em> </span><a href="http://rogallery.com/Cassigneul_Jean-Pierre/cassigneul-biography.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">From RoGallery</span>.</span></a></strong></span><br />
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</span><em><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Jean-Pierre Cassigneul was only seventeen when his first exhibition opened at the Lucy Krogh Gallery in 1952. It was also the year of his first poster, a plain unillustrated bill. Since then, he has produced around fifty posters which enlighten us on his artistic approach and the way his work has developed over the years. Most of the posters are lithographs, although a few were printed in offset on account of their strong advertising bias. From the artist's<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><a href="http://www.cassigneul.com/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">official website</span></a>. Note the website is in French, but in the top right corner a little flag translates to English when you click on it.</span></strong></em><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I saw my first squirrel chair on Pinterest the other day and laughed til the dogs came running in to see what was going on! I thought it was a joke, a whimsical photo. Today I did a little checking on Google, and by golly, they make and sell squirrel chairs all over the place! </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Squirrel chairs keep the squirrels away from your bird feeders and come in a variety of styles from commercially made to home made.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">There are no bored squirrels in squirrel chairs!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Enjoy the You Tube video I borrowed showing a squirrel eating away.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Please let me know if you have a squirrel chair in your yard!</span></strong></div>
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-25195776595937159082013-01-17T11:38:00.000-08:002013-01-17T11:38:21.293-08:00"Miss Jaster's Garden" Children's Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Children's books have always been a favorite of mine. I love those lavishly illustrated and, if the story is garden themed, I am in my own private heaven!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I found a copy of<em> Miss Jaster's Garden</em> at a local thrift store! It is a large oversized Golden Book, copyright 1972. It is in excellent condition with very little wear. The book has an inscription to 'Emily' in the front. It was a Christmas gift to her from her cousins in 2005. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>One of the things I love best about buying used books, you also get a bit of a peek into the history of the book, who gave it, when, what was the occassion. I love that. I have many late 1800s gardening books in my collection and the script and messages on the front pages always make me smile.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Niels Mogens Bodecker (1922-1988) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and came to the United States in 1952. He illustrated many children's books and wrote books and poetry himself. <em>Miss Jaster's Garden</em> was the first story both written and illustrated by Mr. Bodecker.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>A brief summary of the story: <em>'Hedgie the hedgehog lives a quiet, peaceful little life in a little corner of Miss Jaster's garden...until the morning nearsighted Miss Jaster mistakenly plants some seeds on his back while he is sleeping. Before Hedgie knows it,a colorful bunch of flowers has sprouted among the quills! "I'm in bloom," he cries.</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I plan to share more of my book collection here on my blog and hope you will enjoy these treasures as much as I do. </strong></span><br />
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-86005667407235351522013-01-16T10:26:00.000-08:002013-01-16T10:26:00.447-08:00A Fresh Start<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;"><em>Changes.</em> 2013 will be about a fresh start and change! I closed my shop last year, which was a major event in my life. I loved my shop, but it was the original money pit! The rest of 2012 bloomed full of surprises. In August, a seventeen-year-old foreign exchange student from Italy came to live with me. I've never been a 'mom' before, so this is an engaging challenge. She is teaching me patience and I am trying to teach her to plan ahead. Her favoirte answer to my question, <em>what are you doing tonight? today? tomorrow?</em> is <em>i.d.k </em>or <em>I don't know!</em> She will be with me through June. </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>My blog format for <em>Barb's Botanical Garden</em> has changed. I wanted a new look to inspire me to post, just as I hope for a new look in my yard this spring! The old white picket fence with it's huge sunflower to the side has been replaced with an avatar for me! But perhaps I am older and a bit heavier, still, I love the image above.</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia;">I am not a great gardener, but I do plant seeds of ideas and find myself in trouble a good bit of time trying to make my plans grow...in life rather than in the dirt. I plan to keep a journal here of my love for all things garden related and then some!</span></strong></div>
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-52888319736052955172013-01-14T21:48:00.001-08:002013-01-14T22:13:14.331-08:00Pansies For Thought<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em><strong>Purchased today at a local antique mall, an early, primitive style pansy painting.</strong></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Today a trip out for lunch and a dash through a local antique mall added a new painting to my already overwhelming collection of vintage and Victorian flower oils. I seem to be on a shopping spree this month, but the treasures I've found can't be left behind. </strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I love the folklore behind old fashioned flower names. My antique garden book collection contains several copies of <em>The Language of Flowers</em>.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Pansies mean 'to think', particularly of love. The flower's name comes from the French word <em>pensee</em>, which means <em>thought</em>. The French believed that a pansy would make your lover think of you.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My new painting brought back many thoughts, as I remembered the days I sold vintage art on Ebay. It was a lovely time. Ebay was just starting out and the excitement of finding treasures from the comfort of your home, kept me in trouble most days. Boxes, upon boxes, were delivered to my house, each filled with a wonderful old painting with a flower or garden theme. I bought more than I sold, but the selling was good too.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My husband was alive then, and thought I'd lost my mind, with all my purchases, and the walls of our house full of nail holes covered by paintings. It always took at least three tries with a hammer to get a painting positioned the way I like. He told me once there was nothing more terrifying than watching me walk around a room with a hammer.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My new painting is on a round wood box top. The background is a soft robins egg blue, the color of an early morning sky in spring. The simple flowers, so gently painted, remind me of a time when I was more naive, my home complete, before my life changed. The delicate pansy faces made me smile, as I thought about the man who captured my heart so many years ago. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Life, like a garden, is constantly in flux. Today my garden is full of memories, tomorrow I might just fill it with pansies!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>A quick trip to meet a friend for coffee turned into an afternoon of redecorating my dining room. My friend, an antique dealer, had a truck full of treasures she had just picked up. I couldn't miss it as I pulled into the parking lot at The Waffle House. Garden green metal chair legs caught my attention, even before I saw her waving to me from the door way.</strong></span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>"Come on. I need coffee!" She yelled across the parking lot.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>"I think I see something here I need more!" </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I was already standing on my toes, peeking in on an amazing garden table and chairs. My own dining room table was a great old farm table, but not the right height to eat at. A new table was on my mind, but I was not looking just yet.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>And then......there it was. The perfect set for me. We had coffee and drove to my house. On a dreary day, a bit of summer shined down on me . The garden table fit perfectly into my dining room and it is a place I sit and dream of my garden this spring.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><strong></strong></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>My house is my indoor garden. Old lovely cement ladies and frogs fill nooks and sit on table tops. Oil paintings of gardens, Victorian roses, and women with bouquets leave very little white space on my walls. This charming set was the perfect addition.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I spend many hours looking at garden photos, old gardening books. I wonder if this will be the year I bloom outdoors. My yard is full, three outbuildings, a huge deck, the Lady of Lilburn life size vintage cement muse sits tucked next to a lattice trellis that blooms with jasmine when the season changes. Yet I rarely plant flowers and my front yard is neglected. The established beds bloom out of control with butterfly bushes that reach so high they mingle with the brances of the crepe myrtle tree, but it is not as lovely as I'd like.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I want to journal here as I plan my work in the yard. There is a good chance, however, the writer in me will write more than I plant, and my antique dealer side will still shop for more garden treasures. The artist in me wants to paint garden scenes more than dig in the dirt. The dreamer in my heart sees a garden full of the cottage flowers I love and herbs that leave a fragrent scent as I brush pass them going down my gravel path to the little cottage out back.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>For now I'll share my dining room. We'll see what blooms in time. </strong></span><br />
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-70062985071786066122012-12-07T06:25:00.002-08:002012-12-07T06:25:43.703-08:00Thinking Roses In December<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I've always loved roses! Roses on my walls in vintage paintings, roses on vintage fabrics, and of course, old seed catalog pages showing roses for the garden. I rarely grow roses, my green thumb does not exist. I rarely grown anything for that matter. Lucky for me, my garden is full of established beds that take care of themselves, year after year.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>I came across some great old seed catalog covers to share with you. While I am anxiously waiting for Christmas, my mind wandered to spring. Perhaps my garden will bloom this year...the words 'master gardener' are now part of my garden fantasy.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">Part of my fantasy is this wonderful cottage with a little garden shed in the back. Now, this is the stuff dreams are made of!</span></strong><br />
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Victorian seed catalogs to spend hours dreaming of a cottage rose garden!</div>
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-48788907591376904872012-10-18T22:54:00.000-07:002012-10-18T22:59:20.011-07:00Cheryl Alexander's Christmas Booth At Davis Street Antiques, Monroe,Ga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My good friend and antique dealer, Cheryl Alexander, has set up her Christmas booth at <em>Davis Street Antiques</em> in Monroe, Georgia. It is a heavenly inspiration to kick start my holiday decorating! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Be sure to visit the <em>Davis Street Antiques</em> holiday open house on Saturday, Nov 17, from 10am to 6pm for a fun time! The shop is located at 216 Davis Street in Monroe, Ga. For information call 678-635-8949.</span><br />
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Barbara Barthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094942513984046193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5938338430892885511.post-33602240464484679642012-06-21T08:06:00.002-07:002012-10-18T22:43:54.619-07:00Cheryl Alexander's Booth At Davis Street Antiques Offers A Romantic Farmhouse Look<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cheryl Alexander's booth at <a href="https://plus.google.com/107551777690780172106/about?gl=us&hl=en#107551777690780172106/about" target="_blank">Davis Street Antiques</a> in Monroe, Georgia, is breathtaking! Sharing some of the photos I took yesterday at the shop. I also have a booth at Davis Street Antiques and love the atmosphere of Monroe. Monroe is an antique mecca and worth a day trip or longer afternoon to take in all the antique malls, many in the old cotton mills. <br />
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Sorry to say, that fab picnic table sold the minute it was unloaded yesterday. But there are more treasures to see. Cheryl goes on regular buying trips and her booth is always full of eye candy!<br />
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