Simply..muddled....

3/12/2014

Sifting and sorting boxes and bags of ornaments, letters, notebooks, garden designs, dissertations, newspaper cuttings, and I don't seem to know what season it is either! Tomatoes in the greenhouse, daffodills, summer flowers painting and an advent calendar!

I hardly know whether I'm coming or going...

If you fancy some spring blossom early and in the wrong season, now is the time to pick some branches of flowering currant (as in the vase). They will open in a few weeks and the flowers will be white or pale pink, not the usual bright pink....

Hop over to Cornflower to see something utterly charming and definitely in season!

6 Comments

Swissrose link

3/12/2014 04:01:26 pm

Yes, today is St. Barbara and it's traditional here (and in Germany, I believe, probably Austria, too…) to cut a small branch of some early flowering tree or bush (we've often had forsythia, too) which opens up in the warmth of the house - even the supermarkets will be selling little bunches of Barbara-twigs! Now that I have had to sacrifice my forsythia, I'm not yet sure which bush to plunder… probably the cherry plum which is going to be pruned in a few weeks, anyway.
Thanks for the link - isn't it lovely?!

Freda

3/12/2014 08:22:37 pm

I'd not heard of that. From now on they will be St Barbara twigs! I think I first came across it in Vita Sackville West's book In Your Garden. Thank you. From your blog I see you keep many lovely traditions in Switzerland.

Penny L

3/12/2014 06:43:39 pm

I have just popped over to Cornflowers Blog. What a joy- thank you!
I am now going to put my wellies on and wander into the garden to see what's almost in bud that I can force on! Penny Lx

Freda

3/12/2014 08:23:44 pm

I'm going looking for that book. Hope you find some nice St Barbara twigs...

julia

4/12/2014 04:18:03 am

lovely book selection from cornflower! thank you freda.....i wish you every success with your sorting and sifting....i am embroiled in that too, only i am sorting digital photos...it strikes me that i could be actually living this day rather than reliving the events in the photos...have pruned a lilac bush (the only one with buds around here), and hope for some leaves and a blossom or two in a few weeks...thank you for the suggestion!

Freda

4/12/2014 07:16:46 am

That is such a good point Julia - I'm more interested in now really! Nice though it is to have a little nostalgia trip - emphasis on the little.
I hope the lilac flowers for you and good luck with your clearing.

Simply..muddled....

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