Caught out yet again by the sudden descent towards darkness, I had to quickly pluck a few things from the garden to make a posy for my lift-giver to choir early last week. Having been working in the greenhouse, I snipped a few blooms from the overwintering Salvia 'Mystic Spires' and plucked greenery from some ivy on the way back to the house. Back inside with my cup of ta and cake, I found my friend had messaged me to say she was unwell and not going after all, so the posy was no longer required. Rather than keep it in its interim jam jar, I sought a vase with a degree of sultriness to match the dark moodiness of the salvia blooms and deep green of the ivy and its curious flowers, coming up trumps with a blue hyacinth vase.
The end result was so pleasing, the deep colours of the ivy and the vase emphasising the mysticism of the salvia, that I decided to replicate it for today; equally dark and mystical is the lapis luzuli sphere that accompanies it as a prop.
With many parts of the UK experiencing the first frost of the season, some of us may suddenly find it harder to fill our Monday vases; seasoned IAVOM contributors know, however, that they don't have to be filled with fresh blooms, but also twigs, branches, grasses and all sorts of dried material - and vegetables! Please do join us, and leave links to and from this post so we can see what inspiration you have found to create your own vase. Watch out also for the next virtual meeting of our blogging community - yesterday evening, a small group of us met virtually for the third time, enjoying a friendly chat on a range of garden matters and a short talk by one of the group.
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