Easter Centerpiece

This is my Easter vignette that sits on the table this year. I got the vase at an antique shop recently, however, I don't believe it is an antique. I just like it. No markings on the bottom.

                                                                               

                                  I like lavender and yellow together. 

                                                                                

He looks related to Peter Rabbit, aren't they all cousins???

                I love the detail and glaze on the vase.

          No buts about it, Easter is on the way!

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It's All in the Numbers.....and Seeds!

I can't wait to spend long, sweet days in my flower gardens this summer. It's almost time. Like most  of you, I work till I can barely walk into the house, then collapse. But I am right back out there every evening, surveying every little improvement.( I call it surveying my kingdom).  Gardening is so good about giving us both immediate and long term rewards. Here's part of my little kingdom:

But until then, a great article in the February/March 2011 issue of Birds and Blooms talked about seeds and some interesting facts about them.

 The Big 3

According to Burpee, the top three ornamental seed varieties are: sunflowers, zinnias, and marigolds.

$2.75

Packets of heirloom tomato seeds average around $2.75 each at seedsavers.org

$40.00         
You can save $40.00 or more if you grow your own zinnias from seed instead of buying plants.
     
                                       

68 degrees
Most seeds won't germinate until the ground temperature hits 68 degrees. This goes for indoor seed starting as well.

5-10- not life

Cucumbers,melons and tomatoes are among the vegetables with the longest seed life, good for 5-10 years.

49 years

The is the average age of home gardeners.......

70%

BUT.... 70% of all home gardeners are women!

YOU GROW GIRL!!!

HAPPY PLANTING

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Pansies Thinking of You Tablescape

Pansies are so amazingly hardy, yet so delicate looking. They are "cousins" of the similar looking viola.

Pansy  comes from the French word pensee, meaning "remembrance" or "thought".  So, when a bouquet of pansies is given to you, it means, "I'm thinking of you."

Here is my "Thinking of You" Tablescape!

 

 

 

My mother made this statue in ceramics  years ago........

 

 

 

and she made this runner for me last week!

The green flower shaped plates are from Pier 1.

Hallmark’s longest-running greeting card is, in fact,  the Pansy Card

I bet you've seen this one!

It.was introduced as a Mother's Day card in 1939, selling for a nickel.

Hallmark reissued the design as a thinking-of-you card in 1941.

The pansy card remains in Hallmark’s line today and sells for 99 cents.

 

And in conjunction with Hallmark's centennial, USPS  introduced a 2010 LOVE stamp that featured an image of a white woven basket brimming with purple pansies.

 

 

A 6 pack of pansies and the thinking-of-you pansy card.......

Wouldn't it be a wonderful little gift for someone you know?

 

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Easter Bunnies and Flowers

 

Two bunnies on a  little bookcase.

This little bunny I got at an antique store, and found the pedestal later at another antique store. When you see him up close, he looks a little mad, doesn't he? ( mad as a March hare?)

I've had this big guy for so long, I don't remember where I got him.

There's a gleam in this bunny's eye!



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Easter Hutch Decor

My Easter hutch is done in little vinette collections. Here is a sampling of each.

A white rabbit family with apple blossoms.

Here's a little Russian bunny in the cabbage.

My mother gave me this when I was a young mother. It is hand painted, someone really did a nice job.

The little green birds from Michael's have.....and everyone else!

The top of the hutch:

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