#grape arbor

[postcardaday]

Grape Arbor Leaded-Glass Window Panel, detail c. 1900-1920 Tiffany Studios, New York

[fieriframes]

[Call it anything you want, just don't call me late for it. There was a grape arbor; the darkness seemed complete to me. That is just fine just by itself.]

[hauntedgardenbook]

Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906). “Under the Vines,” ca. 1870s. Oil on canvas, 17 x 21 1/2 in. Christie’s auction May 15, 2018. Lot essay: “According to Dr. Patricia Hills, [this] work was most likely painted on Nantucket, where the artist and his family spent their summers beginning in 1870.”

[tanksi]

Inspiration for a medium-sized, fully-shaded backyard with a stone water feature.

Praxisknaus

[crescendence]

Pergola - Traditional Patio Patio - mid-sized traditional backyard stone patio idea with a pergola

[mariasmemo]

Tiny Flower

It is truly amazing to look at something up close.  Maybe something you have always taken for granted.

I know I have written about the historic grape arbor we have here at the Mitchell House.  It got somewhat tested by the seriously dangerous freeze and wind we had earlier this winter – the one that has wreaked havoc on hydrangeas, butterfly bushes, and other similar plants.  Thankfully, it has leafed out though it’s not as full as it typically is.

But this is the time that the grape flowers come out – and that is what you are looking at.  One tiny flower that left its mark and will become one grape in the bunch of grapes.  It’s a lovely chartreuse color – and only about a quarter to half a centimeter! But its lovely.

So take some time to look – and to look at the teeny tiny parts of nature.

JNLF    

[stumblngrumbl]

the table grapes are coming along well, a bit behind due to the late winter we had

[eopederson3]

El camino inglés en La Coruña, Galicia, 2012.