Violets and More Violets

We are awash in Violets in the farmyard!  It's a banner year for them.  White, lavender and dark purple ones.  My dear husband plucked a bowlful of them for me to arrange in 2 little violet perfume bottles.  I only wish you could smell them.  Divine!

I had never seen a Devon Violet perfume bottle before a few years ago.  I was swimming and my swim pal Dave told me he'd found one in an antique store.  Once home I checked out eBay and found my first one.  And you know.. I kind of needed a few more, right?  

My collection grew to four.  Some have thumbprints, some don't.  Most have lost their stoppers, I have two that have them.

They are all hand-thrown on a potters wheel, glazed and on the one, the words are hand inscribed through the glaze, the other three the words are painted on using iron oxide.  In a world of mass-production these hand-made bottles are precious.

As you can see, they are small, 2 inches or so.  Collecting little things is good as they don't take up much room.

I moved both tiny bouquets to the piano stool by my chair.  The aroma wafts past my nose often.

Dayle brought me in a new daffodil as the big bouquet of them finally was "past due".  

Dayle also took my iPhone out to get some photos of the Violets "in the wild".  We have a lot of white ones this year, I also think they are the first to bloom.

He took a photo of 2 Hyacinths in bloom surrounded by Daffodils and watched over by my metal goat.

Our potted Peony is shooting up, the flower is gorgeous, a pinky-red with yellow center.

I've noticed the Hyacinths we plant in our pots have fairly short blooms.. I wonder why?

The other evening I glanced into the kitchen and was amazed by the orange color of the sky, so I went outside the back door in my stocking feet and captured some images.  What is odd is that the color was in the South/Southeast, not in the West!

I also discovered something that I did not know.. when I went to take a photo on my iPhone you can click on 1x or 2 but more amazing is you can click on .5 and it backs out and you see way more!  You learn something new everyday.  

The natural world amazes me on a daily basis.

As you may know, I love holidays and often wear jewelry to match them.  I made these Swarovski crystal shamrock earrings a few years ago and enjoy wearing them near St. Patrick's Day.  I also made the gold hoops and wear them daily.

I also wear this pendant, it's an Irish top hat with a four leaf clover on the band with a crystal set in the center.  It's made by Brighton.

The other side is a feather which makes the bail for the jump ring.  :-)

 When you open it up.. a POT OF GOLD!  :-)

I'm once again working on the Dune blanket, designed by Lucy at Attic24 blog.  I made one for Jenna, my oldest granddaughter and this one is for Paige.

And then look who leaped right in the middle of things?  :-)

I've been wanting a selfie stick for quite some time, NOT for taking selfies of myself which I almost NEVER do, I don't fancy breaking my iPhone... but I finally got serious and ordered this one so I could hold the phone up high enough to take photos of my crocheted blankets.. lol.  Now.. it's already become valuable to me as when my granddaughter Facetime calls me this one has a little tripod on the bottom so I can set it up and chat with her and still be able to crochet!  :-)

My ZZ plant is sending up new shoots often, look at this one?

And a few days later.. and then I noticed another one shot up that I didn't see and two more are emerging from the soil!

Lastly, while clicking through old photos in my Photo file I saw this, a filet crochet panel I did years ago.  I always intended to put it in the window.  Must find it again and do so.

OK, I've wasted enough of your time.. :-)  I hope your week is a good one!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)