I have a new camera, finally.
It works like a dream and I was able to use my original memory card in it so I could view the old photos from my Los Angeles trip through May.
A few days before leaving L.A. I had the chance to visit Huntington Botanical Gardens.
http://www.huntington.org
It was March so most plants were still dormant for the winter- which gave me the opportunity to sit in on an amazing lecture.
It was on the art of Tussie-mussies!
"Tussie-mussie" is a term from the 1400s in England for small, round bouquets of herbs and flowers with symbolic meanings. There were thought to be other bonuses to having a small cluster of sweet smelling flowers. Holding them up to your nose would mask smells and was thought to purify the air a bit.
There is a cute website that has a list of the Victorian flower meanings:
http://victorianbazaar.com/meanings.html
This is a tussie-mussie I made for my friend zack. It lacked meaning because I just wanted to give him a purple and orange burst on his desk.
So here's a bit of Brooklyn Planting that the old camera was holding hostage from this past spring.
This was from the lake house upstate that I occasionally garden at. It is such a pleasure to work there.
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And these are just a couple shots I will be posting to the other blog I write for... (nakedapartments.com/blog)
Window boxes make even the view outside more enjoyable.
And this one will be about finding ways to get plants up off the floor on on tables. Think vertically in NYC. It's all we have.
Glad to be back blogging.
Lots of fun projects on the horizon. Stay tuned!
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