Here there is very little in the garden, but I have 'acquired' this nice little pebble like Vase. In one of our many Charity Shops in town I found this little vase just after Christmas, and for a few coins the golden ones, this vase still with the original label 'Chessel Pottery' and an impress in the pottery came home to join my growing collection.
Very little is coming up in the garden yet...we have a very cold situation here: we can have a couple of inches of snow over the garden and road, and just a few hundred yards away it is clear. It has become much colder, so I shall have to be patient. There are several spring bulbs trying to force themselves through the damp and very soil, but I shall have to be patient.
Again on another walk, a few twigs and sprig of ivy with its fruit caught my eye...et voila...
I look forward to having some knowledgeable description of the type of pottery and glazes from other members of Cathy's meme In a Vase on Monday, for I know that there are potters amongst them. So another side ways view of the vase.
I am very happy to report that the blossom on my twigs from last week is starting to open. I went back to look at the tree with the broken branch on the ground, but it had been cleared up, so I shall just have to cherish what I already have.
Can't help with information about your vase, I can but enjoy it! How lovely that the branches from last week have opened their buds; bringing branches inside is a lovely thing to do in winter.
ReplyDeleteOh I love those blossoms on the branches....and that new vase is gorgeous.....beautiful plant material to complement its structure and color.
ReplyDeleteI love the black fruits from ivy - quite dramatic. The vase is lovely too - I am also featuring a charity shop vase this week!
ReplyDeleteOh I love the vase, Noelle - and I love ivy berries, so it's definitely a win-win situation! If it wasn't for my tenny-tinies I might have been using ivy and catkins today too... Cold here, but not quite below freezing at night - yet...
ReplyDeleteThe vase is a great find, Noelle, and you made good use of it with the plants you found on your walks. The blooming branches are wonderful! They show the value of keeping your eyes peeled for nature's small treasures.
ReplyDeleteThat fruit is neat - it is from English Ivy Hedera helix? Congratulation on blooms, my forced branches rarely worked.
ReplyDeleteYes it is just wild ivy growing in a rough patch of scrub. As to the forced branches..it was just pot luck! Or should we call it 'Vase luck'?
DeleteNoelle, I like the berries very much too with the twigs for a strong design. Great new vase! Hope someone can help you out with info about it. susie
ReplyDeleteThe black ivy berries look wonderful, I shall have to go looking for some. The vase is pretty, I would guess a stoneware type glaze, but modern low-fire hobby glazes like I use have come a long way to more closely duplicating stoneware glazes, so who knows?
ReplyDeleteI have looked up the pottery Hannah, and it is on The Isle of Wight off the south of England. Their range has changed somewhat and I think this vase must date back 20 years or so.
DeleteOh that's a most striking arrangement Noelle which the gentleman in the corner looks as if he thoroughly appreciates. I like the shape of your new vase.
ReplyDeleteCatkins,ivy flowers and cherry blossom,a very late winter arrangement. The statue gives it an oriental look.
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