-
Recent Posts
Categories
- Bloom Day
- Book review
- Color in the garden
- Cool plants
- Discoveries
- Fling
- Flower traditions and lore
- Foliage Follow Up
- In a Vase on Monday
- Just for fun
- Miscellaneous
- My favorite plant in the garden this week
- My garden
- Nursery industry and events
- Pests
- Pet projects
- Plant profiles
- Planters
- Projects
- Rants and raves
- Recipes
- Tell the Truth Tuesday
- Trees
- Uncategorized
- Visits to other gardens
- Wednesday Vignette
- Weeds
- Follow Flutter & Hum on WordPress.com
Author Archives: annamadeit
Wednesday Vignette – Epiphany
Originally posted on The Creative Flux:
Well, it’s finally 2021! How do you like it, so far? It’s Epiphany, and that means I can tick off another year here in the US. On January 6th, 1987 I moved here for…
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Comments
Wednesday Vignette – frost
Originally posted on The Creative Flux:
Though the light is officially on its way back, we still have a few months of winter left. Down in the city, here in our part of the world, that usually means buckets of…
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Wednesday Vignette – holiday bling
Originally posted on The Creative Flux:
How’re you all holding up? Are you ready for the Holidays? We’re not. For as much as I usually enjoy all the lights and the pretty tree, honest to Dog, it feels like way…
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Comments
Wednesday Vignette – on weird talents
My husband possesses a remarkable – and exceptionally useful – talent. He is uncannily able to find prime parking ANYWHERE. It doesn’t matter if it’s the opera on premiere night – he’ll get the slot that’s right in front. (This … Continue reading
Wednesday Vignette – sunrise
The sun rises, even on a broken world. That’s hopeful, isn’t it? I’ll leave it at that. A few more weeks left of this hideous year. However you choose to end it, be safe out there, won’t you please? (Better … Continue reading
Wednesday Vignette – changes
I have some news! I got a fun job! This week, I started my training to become a plant buyer for Teufel – a huge landscape company here on the west coast. For as much as I like design, I’ve … Continue reading
Wednesday Vignette – thanksgiving
This is a weird year, and everything is different – routines, traditions, you name it. It’s easy to gripe about it, but really – this is only one short year out of one long lifetime. Quite honestly, it could be … Continue reading
Posted in Wednesday Vignette
Tagged grateful, in appreciation, it could be worse, thankful, Thanksgiving
16 Comments
Wednesday Vignette – the rose experiment
I guess I’m not unique in that I have binge-watched The Great British Bake Off during this pandemic. A pattern I’ve noticed is that almost everyone attempting to use rose water in their creations gets told off because it’s too … Continue reading
Posted in Wednesday Vignette
Tagged botanical bakes, fun in the kitchen, pastry improvisations, rosaceae, rose hip soup, rose water
12 Comments
Wednesday Vignette – serendipity
About a month ago, I asked for your favorite plants that last well in a vase, and you kindly gave me some great input. Last week – two days after the election – I finished sprucing up the 100′ bed … Continue reading