Didn’t expect this summer look at the very end of October!
It is Monday! Just barely so, but you are getting used to me by now, aren’t you? I know some people would have had their “In a Vase on Monday” meme done and dusted by now, but sometimes I just need a little bit more time. Good things come to those who wait, right? 🙂
dahlias, roses, wild yarrow, lavender, campanula & hesperantha (schizostylis)
I had been making my arrangements on the weekends (the only way I could possibly get them posted on the blog at a decent hour on a Monday!). But alas, this week it was left until today. Today was an unsettled weather day, looking rather dull with a very light mist of a rain most of the day. That is, until I went outside to cut some flowers. Then down came the rain! Ha! That’ll teach me to not put things off! Maybe.
Some pink Schizostylis/Hesperantha that is the same colour as the roses
I have to say that I didn’t really have anything in mind when I went outside to cut flowers. I went outside just to see what was on offer. The roses I was originally going to use were blown away completely just this weekend. These roses seem to be a little bit more hardy. The stems had six or more blooms all clustered together. They are fabulous at our front gate. Coming from New York, it took a while for me to adjust to the “fall colours” here. At home you would see so much burgundy, yellow, orange, and red in gardens. But certainly not pink! Here you can still see so many summer colours even at the end of October. The only “fall” look comes from foliage, really.
I had to clear our hutch
No sun in sight for my picture taking. Plus, I left it a bit late. So I had to clear our kitchen hutch. I love it when it is all cleared, but it is so hard to keep it that way! I’m sure my husband won’t recognise it…
The flowers that didn’t make the cut…
The Salsa Red Echinacea and red Schizostylis (Hesperantha) didn’t seem to fit in with the other colours. They look quite nice on their own, though.
A pink, purple, white, and yellow look
Up close
I still find it surprising when I can manage to make an arrangement just from items from my garden. That.Is.Neat.
Stickley kitchen hutch as a backdrop for my flowers 🙂
Do you see the hydrangea sitting on top of the hutch? I should have taken a better picture of it, as it is a very pretty blue and burgundy mix. I see a wreath creation in its future. But more immediate, I think my next project will be to make a festive tea cosy to replace the roses cosy. Since the cosy is on display where it lives on my hutch, I think it might be nice to change things up a bit.
I just need a few more hours in each day!
I’m joining Rambling in the Garden for Cathy’s In a Vase on Monday meme if you’d like to stop by and see some other vases! You can click here: http://ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/in-a-vase-on-monday-collection-of-compositae/
Happy Monday!
Dana
Mom in the Garden 
Love, love, love it Dana!! What a cheery way to say bye to summer. I love your hutch too. I wish I had a place for a piece like that, full of my favorite dinnerware!
Hi Michelle, and thank you! I just wrote in the comment above that the arrangement certainly brightens up the place! The hutch didn’t fit in my kitchen in our last house, so I am glad to have it our kitchen now. It’s my favourite piece of furniture 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Aren’t beautiful bouquets just the BEST reason for clearing off a hutch, or a countertop, or a desk? I love your summery arrangement! The yellow dahlias and pink roses are so pretty together.
I do agree Kimberley, it was a great reason to clear the hutch! Thanks so much for the compliment. They really do brighten up the room! Thanks for visiting!
Your bouquet of flowers is really very summery, it suits the weather today very much. Beautiful.
Thank you so much Julie. Yes the weather has been so mild! Very strange fall indeed, but the flowers are better for it! Thanks for visiting 🙂
You hit the nail on the head when you say ‘I still find it surprising when I can manage to make an arrangement just from items from my garden’ – even after nearly a year of Monday vases I still feel like that, and therein lies part of the pleasure. I love the pinks with the added colours and especially like the pink hesperantha – but strangely your red one is taken up a notch or two when accompanied by that red echinacea 🙂 And you had a reason to tidy up your ‘hutch’ (is that what we call a ‘dresser’?) too!!
Hi Cathy, Ah yes, I didn’t realise I used another American term! Hutch is what you’d call a dresser. and I’m so glad to have it cleared and looking lovely with some flowers on it. I’m glad to hear you imply that we’ll be able to find something from the garden in the winter! I’m looking forward to it. Thanks for the lovely compliments! Dana
What a perfect vase and I adore the colors and blooms. I have some of the same colors going a little bit but enough for a vase to come before the frost hits this weekend here in central NY where a lot of the leaves are gone already.
Hi Donna, I’m quite late in responding to your lovely comment! I’m so sorry, and I believe at this stage you have been hit a few times with snow! I hope you are keeping warm 🙂
How lovely! Your vase looks so carefree and summery, who’d think it’s nearly November! Pink with yellow is such a nice combination – one of my favourites. I love your photos on your “hutch” too!
Hi Cathy, Thank you! This is crazy, but I still have pink in the garden (and it is now November!). 🙂