A forester’s cottage, Ferntree Gully, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia, ca. 1900, a glass lantern slide by Archibald James Campbell, via Museums Victoria Collections.
I like the two log pillars at the bottom of the steps, each topped by a potted plant.
During the 19th century, the forests of the Dandenong mountains were a major source of timber for Melbourne.
“Women and a child in a garden,” Tarn-et-Garonne, France, between 1880 and 1910, by Eugène Trutat, via Bibliothèque de Toulouse Commons on flickr.
Is the lady with the garden hose threatening the little girl with a shower if she doesn’t sit still for the photographer? An empty threat, almost certainly, since water would ruin those hats. (The young woman in the center does seem to be shrinking back a bit though.)
Hanauri (flower vendor), Tokyo, Japan, between ca. 1840 and 1866, a woodcut print attributed to Matsumoto Kōzan, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
A chrysanthemum seller in Japan, ca. 1890, photographer unknown, via Photographic Heritage on flickr (under CC license).
Or artichoke bloom. I bought it on Saturday at the Stuttgart flower market for €4. The directions on the tag said to keep it dry; no water necessary. The easiest “arrangement” possible.
It smells something like honey.
To see what other bloggers have put in a vase today, please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
“In a courtyard, somewhere in France (undated),” a photo postcard by an unknown photographer, via pellethepoet on flickr (under CC license). You can click on the image for a larger view.
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