Friday, October 23, 2009

Friday flowers (improvisation edition)

This week slipped right through my fingers. I don't know where it went. I did go to the market but I couldn't find any flowers I liked. I poked through all the options and felt blah about them, so I decided to forgo blooms.

And then I went home and walked onto my balcony and noticed that my neglected parsley had bolted and it looked quite beautiful, in a leggy, unruly way. So I brought a bit inside.

parsley, bolted
{parsley, bolted}

Happiness.

flowery herbs, bedside
{flowery herbs, bedside}

Here's to hoping for more serendipitous surprises over the weekend. Also, this is a good reminder to myself that I need to decide what I'm doing about my little garden over the winter.

13 comments:

  1. she looks lovely. happy weekend to you.

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  2. This looks beautiful. Often less is more, and this has that certain something that a shop-bought bouquet of flowers could never manage. Oh, I have neglected my herbs, too... need to do something about that.

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  3. Bolted parsley and dill are two of my favorite friends. This is lovely, ovely, wonderful Rachel.

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  4. very pretty, have a great weekend!

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  5. How serendipitous! It looks lovely in the vase and a great way to start the weekend :)

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  6. Being new here, I was just asking someone at a garden shop how herbs would do in the CA winter, and she said most of the heartier plants would be fine as long as they still get enough sun.

    And lovely photos!

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  7. i love when a little creativity brings about such nice results.

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  8. This is a good lesson for me, too. Sometimes it's better if you don't plan. (Even as I type this, part of my brain is screaming "BUT I NEED A PLAN!")

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  9. So pretty. I love how parsley can look just as beautiful as flowers.

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  10. i love botanicals inside too - beautiful

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  11. what pretty herbs! and a lovely vase, too.

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