tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post4772445390200739020..comments2024-03-06T16:24:54.840-08:00Comments on Little Bird Creations: The Secret GardenSarah Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166369508132015509noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-76939241110311934592016-07-13T11:40:00.357-07:002016-07-13T11:40:00.357-07:00"trespassers will be composted" LOVE. WA..."trespassers will be composted" LOVE. WANT. Beautiful. Lorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478808205178868971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-7900870158208541562016-07-03T01:21:41.468-07:002016-07-03T01:21:41.468-07:00I did look at the international border, but didn&#...I did look at the international border, but didn't spy the key. I will look again.<br /><br />Thanks for the info on the color changes. <br />A garden room sounds wonderful, too.Sarah Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166369508132015509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-68146496680594043022016-07-02T19:22:01.212-07:002016-07-02T19:22:01.212-07:00Regarding the riddle- you need to examine the map ...Regarding the riddle- you need to examine the map more closely, specifically the international border.<br /><br />In the garden there was a little room along one fence side where there were some chairs and a table (on which was the birdhouse with the sign). There was a long mirror on the wall as well as some paintings which I did not examine closely.<br /><br />Hydrangeas- mine also will turn pale green late in the season. The blue color fades as the flowers lose hydration and dry out. They can be brought in and kept as dried flowers. If you cut them and dry them out when they still have some blue color in them they will keep the color for awhile. My mom had a large funeral wreath made with hydrangea heads when my dad died (they had some beautiful shrubs from which they came) and she had it hanging in her house for many years afterwards. Clayvesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796290313996857351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-912740342216573672016-07-02T03:56:17.298-07:002016-07-02T03:56:17.298-07:00And by the way, when we have hydrangeas, that star...And by the way, when we have hydrangeas, that start out blue, they relatively soon turn pale green. Probably our water minerals.Sarah Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166369508132015509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-86167655745018625482016-07-02T03:54:39.104-07:002016-07-02T03:54:39.104-07:00Thanks for the additional garden information. We w...Thanks for the additional garden information. We would love to see your hydrangeas, too.<br />How does one incorporate paintings in a garden? On what kind of a surface were they painted?Sarah Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166369508132015509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-89996794345807137952016-07-02T03:52:43.457-07:002016-07-02T03:52:43.457-07:00Here is a guess. You were in Everette and had to g...Here is a guess. You were in Everette and had to get to someplace on the opposite peninsula, and the quickest way to do that was not to drive all the way back down around the waterways, but to take a ferry to Vancouver Island and then back down to Washington's NW corner. And the correct answer is...?Sarah Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166369508132015509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-70221581936868564552016-07-01T22:48:42.128-07:002016-07-01T22:48:42.128-07:00Also, if someone examines a map closely, they can ...Also, if someone examines a map closely, they can answer my riddle....Clayvesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796290313996857351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-21304799706906738222016-07-01T22:44:20.646-07:002016-07-01T22:44:20.646-07:00The scroll work was metal, probably repurposed fro...The scroll work was metal, probably repurposed from some other object. There were many other things I didn't include here, rabbit sculptures sitting under foliage, a metal work gate used as a trellis, and a painting or two in that bird house space. Very fun.<br />There had been a formal town garden tour the previous Saturday of a number of notable gardens and this one was on that tour. I'm very glad we had our own private tour because it would have been crowded with even a few more people there.<br />There are some fantastic colors of hydrangeas- all shades of purples, whites, and blues and fuschia. The color is partly from the cultivar and partly from the soil. The acidity of the soil influences the color. I've read that you can change a blue hydrangea to a......pink?....or purple.....by changing the acidity. My hydrangeas are blooming beautifully this year and I noticed there are a few flowers that are lavenderish (for the first time ever!) and I think that is because I mulched them this spring with a manure/bark compost that probably changed the acidity of the soil. I love it! Clayvesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796290313996857351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-48271855498052312672016-07-01T13:08:10.585-07:002016-07-01T13:08:10.585-07:00Was the scroll work around the back door metal wor...Was the scroll work around the back door metal work or painted, or what?Sarah Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166369508132015509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-50048784651551292382016-07-01T13:07:32.161-07:002016-07-01T13:07:32.161-07:00Don't we all wish for a stupendous garden like...Don't we all wish for a stupendous garden like that, and the dear lady to make it so.<br />Every corner was gorgeous and creative. And how does one grow such shades of pink hydrangeas? I think even Maria would take them in such a garden. And the inspiration - let's see: a gnome, a river rock fountain, a bird house collection, that bench - I could do those parts. And a purple and aqua house? Sure, why not!<br />Absolutely lovely post. Thanks, Pam.Sarah Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166369508132015509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846201125255937456.post-23878103580808301432016-07-01T12:09:44.547-07:002016-07-01T12:09:44.547-07:00So beautiful! It was lovely of the lady to show yo...So beautiful! It was lovely of the lady to show you her work - and I'm sure your enthusiasm tickled her as pink as her hydrangeas. It's a gorgeous garden.Beastie Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859565017821561840noreply@blogger.com