Wisteria In the Home and in the Garden

And so Spring begins with Wisteria, Bird Song,

 Birds Nests and the many fragrant perfumes with this

"Cecil Brunner" rose in the background just leafing up!

Welcome everyone to this splash of these most

gorgeous shades of mauve and purple!

Isn't this Double Wisteria a most spectacular display

cascading over this solid timber pergola outside

 our Sunroom window?

It is this Wisteria which is one of the first

displays heralding the opening of Spring

here where I live on the South-East Coast of Australia.

Wisterias are commonly comprised of a single flower

but this double variety seems to have more

shades of purple with its density!

I picked a piece to display on a kitchen vignette

as I thought the beautiful purple shades blend 

so beautifully with the whites and

the tarnished silvers.

Sitting above this narrow Oregan timber table

is a vintage Railway Station clock

displaying a collage just completed by moi.

There are almost shades of blue in there too!

How could you not fall in love with such beauty?

A tarnished silver plated tea set!

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A few odd vintage time worn spoons and cake forks!

A couple of old mixing bowls

And a few gifts from nature in the form of

gum leaves, seeds, pods and a few

shells, driftwood etc.

I even remember my grandmother mixing cake 

in these very similar bowls -

don't you?

One of the greatest joys of all would have to be

the view from my studio window

 where there is creativity of a different sort!

Only in the past few days a Willy Wagtail

decided to build a nest

on this climbing rose stem.

I have never seen such a solid nest

as this and there she sits in 

all her glory

patting down the sides to firm it up.

What a gift she is sharing with us all!

I had to be quick to even catch 

this one!

(Sorry for the blur!!!).

To all my Blogging friends - I thank you for the gifts you bring

too in the way of comments, inspiration and appreciation.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

whether you are in Spring or Autumn or

in-between!

Sending love and hugs, 

Suzy xxx