From garden to living rooms

 From garden to living rooms 

從庭院到堂室

3/12/2023

雨後打得一地的斷枝殘葉，模仿Wafu 花藝，用小叔手制陶杯插盆效顰之作

From garden wastes to a piece of flower artwork 

Pottery courtesy: Philip Liu

                                                                                      

天堂鳥是庭院中唯一四季有花的品種

剪下瓶插（右）或學日本花藝盆插（左)*

*這一只淺身濶口小陶盆亦為小叔 Philip Liu 之作品

Bird of Paradise flowers adorned the living area with bright sunny color  Pottery courtesy: Philip Liu

Ginkgo leaves picked up from roadside, while they were still soft and malleable 

were turned into bright yellow roses     

  

北國的深秋，澄黃銀杏葉堆滿道旁

拾取些完好美麗的葉片          

一片一片揉捲成玫瑰模樣的花朶       

真是好看！       

光是葉片也十分可愛

裝框中欣賞明年再換新的葉片

Fresh ginkgo leaves in picture frame

薰衣草瓶插耐久，乾燥後也能釋放輕鬆心情的芳香

Lavender flowers before they dry up, cut and keep in vessel with water, it’ll stay fresh for a while

內庭有棵白茶花，每季初春總有數十朶大如手掌白色波浪狀花瓣花朶*，是我這個沒綠手指的愛花人最珍惜的一株花

Camellia japonica 'Silver Waves'

Silver Waves Camellia will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 7 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ...

（註）只不過這些照片為數年前所攝，這一季炎夏+寒冬帶來給大自然中許多生物鉅大的震撼，包括這一棵珍貴的山茶，至今連花苞也沒有一個       

 

  The unusually hot summer & cold winter brought huge shock to every living thing on the globe.  Among them, plants around us suffered their share of loss, my prized camellia did not produce any flowering buds as a result.  These photos were taken from previous years    

                                                                                              

  秋風冬雨括下的道旁是拾遺的寶庫，擷取大小不同姿態各異的樹果花莢陳列架上，乾燥後可供長期觀賞和研究

Grace