Pop from the inbox a few days ago, below. Brilliant.
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More than style, are the Christmas colors. Along with the Constance Spry silhouette, & choice of vase.
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Jenny, my mother-in-law has been gone for 25 years, age 57, breast cancer. This Christmas arrangement spoke. First time, in a quarter century, I wanted to text Jenny a pic, and say, 'I'll do 2 of these for the Christmas table.' Holidays were always at her home. Her beautiful dining room filled with her children, their spouses, grandchildren, maybe an elderly aunt or grandmother. The full monty of a true Southern matriarch.
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I couldn't text Jenny, so it's for you. Hope you put this in your visual file for a Christmas or Winter meal with friends, family. If you truly love it, list, below, of ingredients and their designer.
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"Poinsettia, paperwhites, and amaryllis bring Christmas cheer to a lovely crowd of blooms and greenery in a masterful mix by Kiana Underwood of Tulipina."
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Pic, above, Flower Magazine.
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These flowers, above, are Chekov, The Cherry Orchard, in far too many ways. Hint of heartbreak, sinking into the poetry of their beauty. Sifting both, into, now. Trusting the beauty. "Stories are carried in the body.", thankful of living this story. The honesty of beauty, its victory.
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Pic, above, here .
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Of course, so simple, above. First thought, "All those Christmas trees seen at thrift stores for nothing.", passing them by for years. 'Hubris of ignorance.', much?
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Our ca. 1900 home has a front porch and back deck needing a bit of lit forestry. Plenty of time to hunt/gather trees, next year, and figure out how to weight the trees on the back deck from often brutal winds.
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Ah, next year. "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the nose." Mike Tyson. Epitaph, 2020.
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"How we see a tree is how we see the world, and in the act of seeing we reveal what we are: "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way." Maria Popova.
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Two gifts, above, surprising Christmas decorations.
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Garden & Be Well, XO T
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