a bouquet of just about everything....

Sometimes, the span of time between the months of September and 

October can be very interesting as far as wildflowers 

are concerned. In these months, I still saw many colors.

There are various flowers available here that is mostly 

dominated by yellow ones, i.e.the goldenrods which play an important function

 in my bouquets and arrangements in the abovementioned months.  

I like the style of putting the long stemmed flower in the middle and letting 

the shorter ones cascade towards the sides of the vase. If I want to give 

volume at the center, I just add flowers with more leaves. 

I´ve had a heavy supply of goldenrods since they grow wildly along the 

field near our home. 

This arrangement taken from the top, depicted the true shape 

and distribution of all the flowers in this vase. 

The vase by the way, was a lucky find at a local flea market and 

was almost a give-away just because the dealer 

wanted to get rid of it.

I will surely use this vase more often in the coming season. 

I can´t wait for Spring to come to see the areas near

 our home exploding with various flowers and colors.

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winter shelter ...

"geranium"

Today had been one of those uncomfortable autumn days.....so so so gloomy!

 The wind was blowing harshly......so gusty that it would make you

 shiver to death. 

I went out and walked Lily in the afternoon, it was brave of me to 

go outside towards the fields just to see that chubby Lily 

makes her afternoon walk and move, move, move. 

Well, she has to lose weight... and so am I.

It is this cold weather that made me decide to still enjoy these
wonderful gift of nature, so I thought of bringing them inside

the house although available space isn´t that much.

I usually leave them outdoor in winter, buy newbies in Spring and 

let them grow til flowers are there to enjoy in Summer. But these ones are 

exceptionally gorgeous and I love them particularly 

the pink blooms.

 

And so..... I took the six potted geranium ( three pinks and three reds) 

that  are still blooming tremendously inside the house!

They are late bloomers and I dearly enjoy their flowers now ....
particularly when the nights are long and the days shorter. 

In summer, I cut the geraniums and add these to the wildflowers 

I`ve gathered when walking Lily, they add attractive color contrast 

to the bouquet I arrange each time.

 "chrysanthemum morifolium"

When I got this flower pot about two months ago, it had many small 

buds that were about to bloom. A couple of weeks later, the buds 

nicely opened and showed its radiant  and wonderful  colors.   

At first, they were in yellow with pinkish stripes and a bit of 

apple green in the middle. 

 I keep the soil moist by giving a daily dose of mineral water... 

As weeks passed-by, the flower-color turned into beautiful white!

The mineral water played a very important role in keeping these 

flowers looking so crisp, just like in the very beginning! 

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a dog walk and another wildflower bouquet...

This small strip of land along the Marchfeld Kanal is what I call "nature at its best". 

This area  is actually hidden and only a few locals know the place as well as 

hobby fishers trying to make a catch for the day. We used to walk 

Ako here (my rottie)  and now it´s  Lily´s turn.

Lily as it seems, is afraid of the water for she has seen it for the first time in her life. 

She wouldn´t even come near the bank and would refuse to move by means 

of sitting down on the spot as her protest!

My mom in-law went to a special home and Lily can´t go with her so 

we have to take care of this spoiled but 

lovable brat. LOL!

It´s lovely to come here, so peaceful and is 100% untouched nature. 

The onion and potato fields are located on the slope of this area. And from there,

 you can see  part of  Vienna´s 22nd District skyline.

In June, most of the smaller wildflowers have now dried-up

and salvias are  popping out in arrays along the 

onion fields waiting to be viewed or to be picked....

and so, salvias became my materials 

for today´s bouquet!

The jug I used for this arrangement was a lucky find yesterday while  I was

combing the local flea market in our area. I think it looks 

good with the flowers in it. 

Have a good start of the week dear friends!

xoxo,

Mercy

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a bouquet of roses and wildflowers...

The plan was to combine the yellow roses with the 

pink ones I got last week......and surely, together 

with the wildflowers ,  it turned out to be

a stunning bouquet.

Never did I think that the yellow roses from the

 garden would be  a great company to the

  wildflowers  I´ve  gathered from today´s

 dog walk.

It´s always  a good feeling to see your work turning

 out beautifully and I hope you feel  the 

same  way too in your own undertaking.

Enjoy the rest of the photos!

Thank you for now...I´m so glad you´ve visited.

I hope you´ll come back again!

Happy Thursday!

xoxo,

Mercy

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