There is a National Trust manor house near me that has a room in which I would gladly set up a writing desk and fountain my thoughts onto parchment laid paper for the rest of my life. In a grand house it does not possess any grandeur of its own… indeed it is probably the smallest room in the hall, but in my memory the walls are lined with watery botanicals, exquisitely executed and displayed in all their floral loveliness, in such a way there is no wall to be seen…
Perhaps I made that room up. Sometimes we take only the essence of a room, a time or a place home with us. Sometimes a little seed of inspiration is sewn and the rest is just imagination creating a space we want to exist. A place we could live in.
Whatever…. but forever after I have loved botanical drawings, paintings and best of all the kitschy overcoloured botanical images to be found in mid century gardening books, the kind it doesn’t give me heart failure to rip out and pin onto my inpsiration board, nor shove carelessly into the frame of a mirror…
Like these delightfully exuberant images from a gorgeous little gardening
"To those of you who not only love seeing
Scrumptious! Close your eyes and you can just hear the deliciously plummy British accents can’t you?
How beautiful!
Hiya your words transported me.Thak you for uplifting thoughts and inspiration.I hope your cold is better too.
I am so thankful whenever I find a book/creative individual who treats children as if they possess thoughts, feelings, etc. Sounds like this book fits the bill. I wish I was better at encouraging my children in our garden…this beast the Internet is way too distracting, I'm afraid. How lovely, though, that pansies are a cold weather annual. I will put that on my to-do list…with my children.
I just wanted to say thank you. I stumbled across your site a few days ago in an attempt to find ways to create a more cozy home for my 2 year old daughter and husband. I was captivated by your site and spent the last several nights reading through the archives. I even have my best friend hooked! You have put so much work into your site and so much of yourself into it which really personalizes it and makes it the most special thing I have ever found on the net. I look forward to going to your site everday to continue getting fabulous ideas. Your son is so lucky to have such a wonderful mommy.
Michele
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
I just wanted to say thank you. I stumbled across your site a few days ago in an attempt to find ways to create a more cozy home for my 2 year old daughter and husband. I was captivated by your site and spent the last several nights reading through the archives. I even have my best friend hooked! You have put so much work into your site and so much of yourself into it which really personalizes it and makes it the most special thing I have ever found on the net. I look forward to going to your site everday to continue getting fabulous ideas. Your son is so lucky to have such a wonderful mommy.
Michele
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA