In a Vase, on Monday- Pink

I was up late last Thursday, reading (Wild Women and the Blues, by Denny S. Bryce, if you’re interested: “A Fascinating and Innovative Novel of Historical Fiction”), and happened to glance across the room. There was a shadow dance on the wall, created by an overhead light shining through crystal flutes, tumblers and glass shelving, but it was a dance frozen in place since the glasses (and their shadows) were not, even at that late hour to my fuzzy eyes, moving.

I wanted to try and capture the look but my attempts at photographing the shadows themselves didn’t work out that well. (I may try again.) But as ideas were bopping, sleepily, through my mind the word ‘pink’ for some reason caught. I thought of the song ‘Pink,’ as sung by Christine Ebersole playing Elizabeth Arden (a Canadian!) in the musical ‘War Paint,’ but that didn’t help. Then it pinged: tulips. A friend had brought a gorgeous bouquet when she visited for lunch a few days earlier. And they were pink.

Many thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for hosting IAVOM and giving gardeners around the world an opportunity to share their flower designs. Have a great week, everyone!