Who was it that said they weren’t going to buy any more Eiffel Towers? Hmmm? Oh that’s right ~ it was me.
This was too glittery to resist. I actually DID try to resist it. I saw it in a little shop around Christmas time and I averted my gaze and kept walking. Today I was back in the shop and the rest is a little hazy and, well, there you have it.
I mean, come on! It’s the Eiffel Tower AND it’s all vintagy glittery.
I’m surprised I have any money left over for anything since I seem to be spending every last cent I have on gardening magazines.
I love them all but I really love The English Garden. You know in 70’s sitcoms when the star is gazing off in the distance and then the picture gets all wavery and then you can see what he/she is fantasizing about? That’s me when I read this magazine. I’m striding down my mown lawn pathways in my Wellies and knit jumper with my Felco pruners in one hand and a trug in the other. Billowy perennials on either side of me and Belle close at my heels.
I didn’t plant any bulbs this year. The Fall was just kind of busy I guess. I have daffodils that come up in ever increasing splendor each year but the tulips and hyacinths need to be planted anew every Fall. I’m going to have to see if I can find any pre-chilled bulbs for sale.
Years ago we bought a house and about two days after we moved in our elderly next door neighbor passed away. Her house remained vacant for months and I remember in the Spring that followed her entire property just exploded with teeny grape hyacinths. Just drifts and drifts of pale lavender to the richest, darkest purples. It was stunning. In my wavery fantasy I have fields just beyond the low stone fences that look just like that.
In real life I have this:
Maybe a girl just can’t have too many Eiffel Towers.
I love The English Garden. I also subscribe to The English Home which is very good as well.
You absolutely needed that glittery Eiffel Tower!
I love gardening magazines especially this time of year when you’re ready for spring but it’s not quite here yet. Why is that tulips don’t come up the next year? It must be that California doesn’t get cold enough I guess.
I love the Eiffel Tower and those beautiful boxes it’s sitting on!
Your photos are so lovely, Andrea. You really have a flair for this.
I agree with Jill on the ET!
Oh dear… I have TWO of those same chairs and footstools sitting in my back yard. Mine look just as sad and lonely =) O.k. I’ve been browsing for far too long, I better git… Debbie =)