Challenging Arts & Crafts

out of the blues....

The wheats have grown more than 1 meter high now.

Along the pathways, where the farmers drive their tractors to till

the field, there are various wildflowers that pop-up out

of the blues...

The seeds of these wildflowers either came from different areas of

Marchfeld (part of Lower Austria) that we considered countryside or by means

of pollination through bees and insects or can be that the farmer´s scattered

them all over/along the field pathways.

Whatever is the reason for the wildflowers existence, it´s a pleasure to look
at them always , just being there.... standing still and spreading
their beauty!

It´s amazing that a gathered bunch of these cornflowers could be turned
into a gorgeous bouquet at no cost at all!

Cornflowers are actually tiny flowers....

as you can see in the photos here. When they are held altogether
they create a big impact when placed on a table
because of the deep blue color.

If you can gather some of these, you´ll surely make
a wonderful arrangement to get inspire with.

Gathered some and made them into a bouquet .......

I hope your weekend is wonderful...

Thank you for reading my blog.

Happy Weekend!

xoxo,

Mercy

Linking at:

French Country Cottage, Inspire Me Monday

lilacs and wildflowers...

Flowers, flowers, flowers....they make me smile

and give me inspirations each day.

I could not imagine my home without flowers...

they bring joy as well as give pleasure to the eyes

of every beholder...

The violet Campanula above is my latest

addition to the flowers in my garden.

I have a small space available in my backyard...

....so I tried planting flowering ones that are my favorites

as well as sum up the fave colors for my own satisfaction.

The interactions of the various shades of light to

deep pinks give a gorgeous contrast to the

evergreen conifer hedge..

I love Lilacs, my neighbour gave me a bunch

over the weekend when she made

a walk in the woods.....

...and they are all over our pathways, too!

Except for the dandelions, you won´t see
these tiny wildflowers on the pathways
if you won´t look carefully
for they are really really small...

The wildflowers start popping-out now

as the days go on toward summer ...

and as I told you, they are seen in the middle

of the fields where the wheats are grown.

And so, I´ve had the idea of picking the wildflowers

each day when we walk Lily, mom in-law´s

four year-old chihuahua.

It was fun making bouquets according to
the colors ....
...I chose tiny vases so that when the flowers
are arranged , they would look like
normal size when they are photographed..

I also used berries in my arrangements above ...
I don´t think that these berries are edible.

These rapes are popping out in the middle

of the wheat field, so I went to gather them...

BUT(!), I should have waited because

it rained in the morning and the field

was muddy!!!

The rest is for you to imagine as to what

happened with my shoes...LOL!

Centaurea cyanus or the blue cornflowers are

so gorgeous and can easily be arranged

because they have long stems that can be cut easily according to the vase used.

Such gorgeous lilacs!!!

They are one of the first arrangements I did since

I started making bouquets last week.

Last but not least, is this cluster of various green flowers,

the ones in the middle that look like grains will

turn white in a few days...

I added the violet campanula so it would look livelier..

I hope you enjoyed the Lilacs and the

wildflowers.

I wish you were inspired by the flower pics, too!

Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.

Have a nice Wednesday ahead!

Til next,

Mercy

Linking to:

French Country Cottage

Marchfeld walk and more wildflowers..

Marchfeld is the border of Vienna´s 21st District to the north and is part of Niederösterreich ( Lower Austria). We love to come here, it´s peaceful with lots of greens.....so much natural beauty to see.

The Marchfeld Kanal is a small creek with pathways for bikers on both sides and surrounded by vegetable fields as well as cherry trees and lots of recreational area for the locals i.e. horseback riding, swimming, tennis and other sports..

It´s approximately a 5 minute-drive from our house to be on the slope of the fields.. And it is here where we used to walk our dog Ako, the rottie.

From where I took the photo (below), you can see the skyline of the 22nd District including the United Nations Building....

The photo below is the area where we park the car and go for a dog walk... In this case, we went up and down yesterday to walk Lily, mom in-law´s 4 year old chihuahua.

There are plenty of wildflowers around this area, although it´s still colder in the night, there are patches where the flowers started to pop up to show their beauty.

To prevent the wind from sweeping across the vegetable fields, the farmers planted bushes and cherry trees along the ways... they also planted so many lilacs which are now blooming in abundance.

And so I was tempted to pick a few for my wildflower arrangements. The beauty of nature is everywhere, you just have to look carefully and enjoy what you see.....

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday and were inspired by these wildflowers... Thank you for dropping by.

HAPPY SUNDAY!!!

Til next,

Mercy

pink tulips in my garden.....

Hi everyone! Looking at the size and quality of these tulips, I can still remember when I was choosing the ones to get at the garden center. There were bigger and smaller bulbs with different colored blooms.

I was wishing to have pink tulips for a long time and last Fall was my chance to do it.

The pink pack had around 60 bulbs which I painstakingly planted on the free space of my small garden... I really mean "painstakingly" because I had to bend and bend and bend that my back got sored afterwhich I was bed ridden for a couple of hours..

I had to put a metal fence in front of the row to prevent Geisha, the neighbor´s visiting cat to pass between each tulip, the stems are just so senstive and she already broke around 10 of those.

I love looking at them to get inspirations and they give me a good start of the day... they really put me in a good mood and that makes me happy cause when I´m happy, I sing! LOL!