Category Archives: Photo Journal

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Some sweet wild flower blue pieces from a wedding last weekend. With delphinium, bachelor button, tweedia and elderberries.

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The Garden is said to be the index of the owner’s mind. If this be true, many who otherwise might be acquitted, must be judged to possess minds susceptible of much improvement in ORDER, USEFULNESS, and BEAUTY. The Shaker’s Garden … Continue reading →

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The color purple has long been associated with royalty and spirituality and is believed to have a calming, stabilizing effect on the mind while also boosting imagination and creativity. In purple, here is a wild and garden flower bouquet for … Continue reading →

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Above are my attempts at a graceful goodbye to the peonies. I will miss them. If one thing must finish, though, for another to begin, well, then…..here’s to the dahlias! (which, by the way, are still weeks away from blooming). … Continue reading →

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Last week required a trip to NYC to secure floral goods. I usually enjoy these treks; the drive provides hours of uninterrupted pondering and in the city I wander around without a car or schedule…..something that never seems to happen … Continue reading →

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A few pics from a wedding in early June, where the yellow Bartzella peonies really put on a show…..

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This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready to break my heart as the sun rises, as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers and they open — pools of lace, white and pink — … Continue reading →

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Pics coming soon! from a new photo shoot! First, of course, we have to let the magazine go to press. In the meantime, here is what the primping process looked like…..

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…..garden sweetness for a rehearsal dinner. With clematis, peony, anemone, chamomile, hosta, filipendula, and bishop’s weed in milk glass urns.

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photo: Daria Bishop Photography It feels much too early to yearn for fall and I am oh-so-happy to be immersed in peonies and strawberries, two dependable and simultaneous happenings of June (how does that happen?!!….if I were looking for signs … Continue reading →