Once yesterday's wet afternoon had subsided, I was able to venture out to cut material for today's vase, choosing increasingly bountiful blossom from crab apple Malus 'Evereste' and Tulip 'Pink Sound'. The latter were bought largely because of their bargain price for sufficient tulips to fill a few containers, but I have nevertheless enjoyed watching them springing up and growing into shapely heads in a pleasing pink ombre effect. Admiring them from the kitchen windows it occurred to me that pairing them with the similarly shaded crab apple would make a pleasing combination for IAVOM.
I tried several vases before returning to my original and favourite which, with so much to recommend it, inevitably makes itself indispensable. There is something about its solidity, its overall proportions and its neutral colour which makes me return to it over and over again, despite my overly large collection of vases.
We don't need to hear an actual melody to know that the sounds of spring are very joyous, creating a celebratory song of promise and abundance. The tune played by this teeny music box, 'You Are My Sunshine' doesn't go nearly far enough:
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take
My sunshine away
What tune is your garden singing today? Why don't you share a verse of it by plucking material for an IAVOM vase and leaving links to and from this post?
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