Japanese anemone
Hydrangeas
While I was out cutting these, the robin's nest that was built this spring and then abandoned came to mind. Since birds don't reuse nests, I decided to rescue this one. The nest is resting in a concrete hand that suffered a fall and had a couple of fingers break off. They've been glued back on. The inhabitants were bought for a few cents at a sale and forgotten in the trunk of my car for nearly a year. A couple suffered broken beaks and seemed perfect for the broken theme.
Also in the vase are Angelica purpurea blooms, the only things that weren't flopping or broken. Behind is a piece of inherited green Bullseye glass, destined to be broken into pieces and fused to create something else.
Many thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting the addictive meme, In a Vase on Monday! Click here to join the fun!
The glass is lovely so it must have been disappointing to have them break one at a time. But it's perfect for your bouquet. The Agelica really makes it for me because it is so soft compared to the other flowers.
ReplyDeletePerfect composition, Peter! Love blue hydrangea and your vase.Pretty.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you have taken 'inperfect' items and brought them together to make the most perfect of combinations....I think that glass deserves to have its glass liner for ever....it matches the blooms you chose so well.
ReplyDeleteA work of art, as ever. That vase is too good to melt down.
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever at putting things together, Peter. I think the nest with birds is adorable. It brings a smile to my face!
ReplyDeleteThat nest is a work of art itself, nice find.
ReplyDeleteInspired idea to put a jar inside that beautiful glass. I love what you have done with the nest. I have a few nests saved from my garden and have been wondering what to do with them - must look out for some little birds in charity shops.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. The hydrangea and bird nest gives this a springtime feel.
ReplyDeleteI like the broken theme of your post today. I'm glad you didn't melt those glasses down. I need to clean a nest out of one of my birdhouses. I tossed a couple of old ones when I tidied the potting bench earlier this summer.
ReplyDeleteYou are always so enterprising with your props and what an inexhaustible supply of weird and wonderful stuff you have. You just happened to have a birds nest, a hand and some little birds.
ReplyDeleteJapanese anemones already?! Your broken glass story is a testimonial to the value of holding on to what's beautiful, if broken, until a solution to its use presents itself. Your vignette is altogether wonderful, which I could see once I got beyond my envy over the anemones.
ReplyDeleteOh Peter, what a great sentence that is - 'In the garden and in life, how like nest-builders we are, gathering scraps of brokenness and assembling them to make some new whole' I love that philosophy, and you are such a great ambassador, as this Monday offering testifies. Thanks as always
ReplyDeleteThe glass you used as a vase is just beautiful and looks great when paired with the nest. I've started a "nest collection" after finding one in the street at work. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder you didn't want to break up the glasses. They are gorgeous. Your bouquet and add ons are sweet, broken beaks and all.
ReplyDeleteI love your theme, and how you carried it out.
ReplyDeleteLove the bird nest, still having coffee here and thought the birds were real. Love that glass,great repurpose.
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