it's been an exhausting week of
Serious Thinking: Problem Solving and
General Wrestling with The Universe
which always leaves me feeling
disconnected
hollow
aimless
i needed a tonic beyond mere cleaning up in the garden
which is about all i can do at this stage
and planting peas only takes seconds.
so
when i felt an itch
to be a bit crafty
i collected an armload of birch twigs
from the trees down the road
sat down outside and pruned them all into even (kinda) lengths
and glued them to the outside of a very ugly
plastic window box.
then i stuffed in as many pots of daffs
i had persuaded to flower earlier than usual
they are
Tete e Tete, Itzim, i think, and....oh dear, i don't
remember the name of the little one with white petals,
and muscari
then i squeezed in as many pansies and Johnnys as i could
and poked in some moss just to finish it off a bit.
i am fairly certain that the glue will not
hold up for more than a season in the weather
but i couldn't seem to find the right combination
of materials and adhesive
a problem to be puzzled out as i go through
the season, keeping my eyes out for a better
box, the right glues...and maybe another method altogether.
yes
the Tete e Tetes have begun flowering in their proper digs
out in the garden
but i needed a window box, too.
oh, by the way
the curtain is an assemblage of
handmade doilies i inherited
and i made sure to install
a uv filter to protect them from the sun.
Ha! I know that wrestling with stuff business - it's been wiping the floor with me since Christmas. Love, love your impromptu windowbox treatment - I'm swapping pots about as tiny daffs go sad and shrivelled, but big daffs and tulips aren't quite ready to pop yet ...
I immediately went large on your lace too - what a fab idea - I always look for old table linen and runners and such and that is such a lovely thing to use them for. Yum!
Hope your tonic worked against the blah!
E
Posted by: Elaine | March 31, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Your window box looks gorgeous. So cheerful. I'm patiently waiting for the weather to cool down more so I can see some colour in the trees, but so far it's not happening. Crazy seasons. You know sometimes when the blahs hit me and all that wrestling with the big stuff just leaves me exhausted, I mentally pack it all up and shove it in a bottom drawer in my mind and leave it there for the universe to deal with for a while. Just the simple act of letting it go can really help. Hugs.
Posted by: Terri | March 31, 2007 at 09:17 PM
What a fabulous idea, those twigs glued to the windowbox! I'm sorry you've been dealing with so much big stuff and I hope you've found resolutions and peace in the process. Happy April, dear Zeph!
Posted by: Laura | April 01, 2007 at 02:16 PM
That is crafty! Much better than plastic. Plastic is anathema to the garden. The curtain is quite lovely.
And the flowers must be the "golden pomp" Herrick was talking about...
Posted by: marly | April 01, 2007 at 08:51 PM
Not that I'm an expert on crafty stuff, but I think it's really cool.
Posted by: Jon | April 03, 2007 at 01:22 PM
Thank you all for you very kind comments!!
And a Joyous Easter or Passover to one and all!
Posted by: zephyr | April 08, 2007 at 09:05 AM
Good job! Heh, it's good that you're spoiling that window of yours - the box and flowers on the outside, and the doily curtains on the inside.
Posted by: Katie Nicoll | January 24, 2012 at 03:13 PM