Sindelfingen, Germany


Fence on top of a low retaining wall between sidewalk and playground, Sindelfingen, Germany, yesterday morning.

Nagasaki


Blooming cherry trees in Nagasaki, Japan, an hand-colored souvenir photo collected by Nikolaj Gerasimov, ca. 1900, via Society of Swedish Literature in Finland Commons on flickr.

In a vase on Monday: pink and orange

In a vase on Monday, zinnias bouquet, Aug 22, by enclos*ureJust zinnias — from the Stuttgart Saturday flower market.

To see what other garden bloggers have put in vases today, please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.

In a vase on Monday: yellow and pink

In a Vase on Mondays 1, Aug. 1, enclos*ureThis weekend, I made two arrangements with roses, spirea, and hydrangea — all from our yard.

In a Vase on Mondays 2, Aug. 1, enclos*ure

I like red and pink together, but I find dark red so difficult to photograph. It just swallows all the light.

In a Vase on Mondays 22, Aug. 1, enclos*ure
I put the yellow arrangement on the coffee table.

In a Vase on Mondays 25, Aug. 1, enclos*ure

That orange rose is the only one that’s fragrant.

To see what other garden bloggers have put in vases today, please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.

Vintage landscape: the glads

Gladiolus, 1944, Sweden, F. Bruno, Swedish National Heritage Board“Flower bed (blomsterrabatt) with gladiolus at Trädgårdsföreningen, The Garden Society of Gothenburg, founded in 1842,” Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden, 1944, a color slide by Fredrik Brunovia Swedish National Heritage Board Commons on flickr.

The glads offer no solution:
being—falling—
you mustn’t count the days—
fulfillment
livid, tattered, or beautiful.

— Gottfried Benn, from “Gladioli