Sunday, July 30, 2017

Roses and hydrangeas

The Paradise roses are in bloom again.  So I have been collecting the few roses those bushes have been gifting me with, and making bouquets with them... 





For some strange reasons, roses do not bloom here as profusely as they did at the house in the roses... It must be because inside of me I'm harvesting some very gloomy feelings lately... and Nature has a way of reading our heart.  The universe is our silent partner, and it does exactly what we ask, even if we don't know it... and maybe... maybe I have stopped asking?  Or is it perhaps that roses know that I'm displeased with the way things evolve here, and I'm not coming out to see them as often as I should, or that I'm not pruning, or fertilizing or watering them as often as they need, and my heart is a little nest of worries these days... I'm keeping there feelings that are draining my joy, and I should say to those awful feelings "Out!... I don't want you in my little heart-house!"


The hydrangeas I picked the other day have dried, and I'm keeping their blooms, along with some old roses...



I love hydrangeas, and I'm so fortunate that they grow so well here.  Life is a give and take, doesn't it?  We couldn't grow hydrangeas in my northern garden, but I had beautiful lilacs then.  Now, I have the hydrangeas I always dreamt of, but I miss my beautiful cold weather scented lilacs...  


If you like hydrangeas and want to dry them, this is what you'd do:  Clip the flowers that have been on the bush for a while...  I've found out that if you pick young or freshly bloomed rosettes, they won't dried as well as if you leave them be on the bush for a while... leave them, and you'll have more time to enjoy them both ways.  When they're ready to be clipped, remove the leaves from the stems and put them in water.  That’s it.  If you try to dry a hydrangea without leaving the stems in water, it won't look that plump, and the colors won't be as deep.  However, if you simply put the stems in water and let the stems slowly suck up the water, it will look like this when it’s done drying.




I'm learning to follow this amazing, powerful rule, and keeping it alive in my heart...


See you soon my friends!



11 comments:

  1. Cielo, what is it about roses and hydrangeas that are past their prime, yet so alluring. Gorgeous images as always my lovely. Mimi xxx

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    1. Thank you Mimi... I shall go visit soon...

      Cielo

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  2. Easier said than done... Evicting unpleasant thoughts/feelings, from our heart-house. I am trying, here. I wish you well, with your trying, there.

    Thank you for the tips on drying hydrangeas. I don't have them, but my daughter-in-law next door does have the bigggg white ones. I want to try!

    I did try drying purchased red roses, but didn't let them open first. -sigh- So they look more like something to use, for a Samhain decorated mirror tray. ,-) Than in a vase. For which, I will keep them, of course.

    Happy Lughnasa!!!
    Luna Crone

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    1. Thank you for stopping by Ms. Luna. Always a pleasure seeing you around. Every time we have a full moon, I think of you... don't know why. I like it.

      Hugs

      Cielo

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  3. Querida Cielo, siento mucho saber que no te has sentido bien anímicamente. Creo que habemos personas que somos mas sensibles a los eventos y circunstancias que nos rodean y tendemos a deprimirnos mas facilmente. A mi tambien me suele suceder. No queda mas que pedirle a Dios que nos de tranquilidad y paciencia. Me encantan los colores de tus Hortensias y rosas secas. Yo tambien guardo las de mi jardin para colocar en jarrones y floreros. Aun secas me parecen bellas.

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    1. Hola amiga... Tienes toda la razon. Mi sensibilidad a menudo se ve resquebrajada donde no existe cordialidad, o donde no me siento apreciada o valorada, y aqui en el sur se vive una vida diferente. Peor aun cuando tienes que vivir en un pueblo pequeño donde todos se conocen desde la cuna, y quien no se conoce conoce a un familiar, un amigo, etc... quienes venimos de 'afuera', mas aun el extrangero con un acento como yo, somos por demas apartados. It's really bad, you can feel the antagonism the minute you enter into their little group. Working in an atmosphere like that can cause great pain...

      Cielo

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  4. I can never tire of looking at lovely images of flowers. Several of my roses did poorly this year (actually have not looked healthy for the past 2), and I think we will have to pull them, recondition the soil and start fresh next Spring. Such lovely photos, Cielo!

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    1. Never thought about 'reconditioning' the soil for those roses in my garden that aren't doing good. Maybe you won't have to pull them out, if you add lots of fresh soil with a good soil pH level around it? I too have lost that ardor I use to have for roses, and garden in general. Is so hot and humid here, plus what really bothers me is the atrocious amount of mosquitoes that we have here... it's crazy disgusting, and it discourage me to go outside as much as I'd like...

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  5. Easier said than done... Evicting unpleasant thoughts/feelings, from our heart-house.


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    1. I know... but we must keep trying.... ;)

      Cielo

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