Yellow Bells

Hi everyone! We have been having summer-like weather here, and although it has been nice, it is abnormal, so I am hoping all the budded trees, plants and food crop are not killed by a freeze later.<br /><br />I have always loved bringing flowering branches inside, and I got an early start this year. I remember my grandmother's "yellow bells" as a child, always bursting with those brightly-colored yellow blooms. I learned later they were actually Forsythia. I have two different varieties to show you.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqY7p0Qt6lYpwxw4WXu7UPOeAQugyVsMFVAh1Ct6PXkRZRhP5FrXP-gmStl6lgNzFcN7x0L2Xps0jUZgKfwmExhGouW9nJHdCL4mj43JckZK-cVX8B9q6G-5Eo8rlSm6ENyAhyphenhyphen1UDoes/s1600/yellowbells1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqY7p0Qt6lYpwxw4WXu7UPOeAQugyVsMFVAh1Ct6PXkRZRhP5FrXP-gmStl6lgNzFcN7x0L2Xps0jUZgKfwmExhGouW9nJHdCL4mj43JckZK-cVX8B9q6G-5Eo8rlSm6ENyAhyphenhyphen1UDoes/s1600/yellowbells1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the kind most people have. I placed them in an old bottle on my piano over a casually draped piece of burlap. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8c3ZnXH_UExzeA7KfNq3sDsaHMfedYjopEZR_5dfgKG3_SnfGkhfaak4IinINxSpC9X96McvwnjA-IJ9Kzkq1RCNGTZYzLeqOUz0_mi_eCRvwHp1e8B6yfBGTvj8zvfRWE_7iJdor7A/s1600/yellowbells3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8c3ZnXH_UExzeA7KfNq3sDsaHMfedYjopEZR_5dfgKG3_SnfGkhfaak4IinINxSpC9X96McvwnjA-IJ9Kzkq1RCNGTZYzLeqOUz0_mi_eCRvwHp1e8B6yfBGTvj8zvfRWE_7iJdor7A/s1600/yellowbells3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of the bottles I found here on the property.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs34NSUEATMR958NgHW9SPIn7j7dAJ64qvfLBQrdVWLy1MPtaBd-8P3E-vZXp7ikk_KV2BjvDaWt15YlZzWAiBNIPy8lKqqxem9xspl-hEsmH8o8w0VF5baDZ5rHCJdCv9JAxf8tETD-4/s1600/yellowbells91.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs34NSUEATMR958NgHW9SPIn7j7dAJ64qvfLBQrdVWLy1MPtaBd-8P3E-vZXp7ikk_KV2BjvDaWt15YlZzWAiBNIPy8lKqqxem9xspl-hEsmH8o8w0VF5baDZ5rHCJdCv9JAxf8tETD-4/s1600/yellowbells91.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are actually from my great grandmother's plants, and you can see why people here call them "yellow bells" as the flowers hang down and have a bell shape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-Tc4W9619z8DEjQPoCZF_v_sQUXjf9tMNod5S0fYFzo9RDL9smIdQ3eR44ex_vQGf7yELGQYmbG7OIQFpUYSkXbR-B2jU2N8yWXLZS-AfhiAC63NI_q0BljW5CeBKfwGH849orfcm2c/s1600/yellowbells10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-Tc4W9619z8DEjQPoCZF_v_sQUXjf9tMNod5S0fYFzo9RDL9smIdQ3eR44ex_vQGf7yELGQYmbG7OIQFpUYSkXbR-B2jU2N8yWXLZS-AfhiAC63NI_q0BljW5CeBKfwGH849orfcm2c/s1600/yellowbells10.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also in an old bottle, these are on my sideboard with some of my grandfather's books and my grandmother's candlesticks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PoS71flkOmnA-FUEwk1Xx_WGAfLYsOOFP4NvvNFmRUOSYwUKDVjroDw0okFWbTAAb53QdYk21TLPXWTO4Jap2b35Ksv9FwTgCR0WKJDi7Y-sTz0NGbPgHNTg2JaNu-5UfK4hXGdqD5g/s1600/yellowbells92.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PoS71flkOmnA-FUEwk1Xx_WGAfLYsOOFP4NvvNFmRUOSYwUKDVjroDw0okFWbTAAb53QdYk21TLPXWTO4Jap2b35Ksv9FwTgCR0WKJDi7Y-sTz0NGbPgHNTg2JaNu-5UfK4hXGdqD5g/s1600/yellowbells92.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also added some to "the box" in between birch log candleholders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQzLQaKTTZAo1U3GI8SDW-Y0JpOh2dvkKwhZdMRr5vAPeow1M3pGO3q9bIfxD_ScVYmeyZ-OvhV_SiJPiIQpZumgNqw7WTODFVRxvEUvzt488p_wlmj4Gbw_HQZs28BD64glbXv6VwGo/s1600/yellowbells7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQzLQaKTTZAo1U3GI8SDW-Y0JpOh2dvkKwhZdMRr5vAPeow1M3pGO3q9bIfxD_ScVYmeyZ-OvhV_SiJPiIQpZumgNqw7WTODFVRxvEUvzt488p_wlmj4Gbw_HQZs28BD64glbXv6VwGo/s1600/yellowbells7.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8Ov2VDX4NGIwMI9p5z7d5hTWT5G5ybLTsjGZvCIJmVZd_-JAKrPs0WlrKGMu6ZiC4Y0m34JEXmNug-Cl8II_URh0nIyf91sc5wzMAmdiH5dt3toSmII245Qxg6FdxmvWzEh_EAXW54g/s1600/yellowbells5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8Ov2VDX4NGIwMI9p5z7d5hTWT5G5ybLTsjGZvCIJmVZd_-JAKrPs0WlrKGMu6ZiC4Y0m34JEXmNug-Cl8II_URh0nIyf91sc5wzMAmdiH5dt3toSmII245Qxg6FdxmvWzEh_EAXW54g/s1600/yellowbells5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />I ended up changing out the matelasse runner for the Waverly toile runner as I wanted more color.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqaJOaoyqVz8ghDLO3wSBK1FoHLs4yf9UAQZZ1sOlyF5-w8N6MZoxFNq1ChqnoLfDo7ZWX_WphrZ4GvuIUTIPIItOLs1nYCsg5_9_A5KB_SecULcgYj-VE14C8Hv6RwWCsXT1t-qgn_Y/s1600/yellowbells.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqaJOaoyqVz8ghDLO3wSBK1FoHLs4yf9UAQZZ1sOlyF5-w8N6MZoxFNq1ChqnoLfDo7ZWX_WphrZ4GvuIUTIPIItOLs1nYCsg5_9_A5KB_SecULcgYj-VE14C8Hv6RwWCsXT1t-qgn_Y/s1600/yellowbells.jpg" /></a></div><br />These branches have lasted for several weeks and I have really enjoyed having them. I think they add more of a contemporary feel to all the vintage things I have in here.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6myL-XoxGNI5rJGVNnogAPhnt7rhqYCfn1F19pFcp2bzUTz2IgGg15zvlV5L1n6yWbR2rNgk63enS1AIGafmRYwP5Q0h2V_fptdZNp1UYqJuC06DX6FwzmBCgqmyn2ILLriP8dD3qo7A/s1600/yellowbells9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6myL-XoxGNI5rJGVNnogAPhnt7rhqYCfn1F19pFcp2bzUTz2IgGg15zvlV5L1n6yWbR2rNgk63enS1AIGafmRYwP5Q0h2V_fptdZNp1UYqJuC06DX6FwzmBCgqmyn2ILLriP8dD3qo7A/s1600/yellowbells9.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I'll be sharing a tablescape this week here with Pfaltzgraf, Mikasa mixed with vintage Franciscan pieces, so be sure to stop back by Thursday for that.<br /><br />Thanks so much for stopping by!! I have not been able to visit much because I'm busy planning and rehearsing special services for Easter and also working on some recording for my mom's gospel project. But I love and appreciate all your visits and sweet comments:-)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Anita</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be joining:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">Tabletop Tuesday</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/">Wow us Wednesdays</a></div>

Yellow Bells

Hi everyone! We have been having summer-like weather here, and although it has been nice, it is abnormal, so I am hoping all the budded tree...

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