Greenery

09/03/2013

Greenery – an endless source of joy. My feeling for green is greater than my ability, unfortunately. I like cut fresh flowers, flowering plants, etc. Not that I regularly fill my home but more as an eye-catcher when it suits. It inspires a sense of luxury, although it’s a simple & straightforward things to enjoy in the everyday life. Now, one need not be limited to flowers at home. Greenery is everywhere around us, whether it’s gardens, parks or forests. Moreover there is a huge range of stylish garden stuff & accessories, that attracts whether you’re interested or not. I mean, if you wish to create a feeling without having to work in the soil such as digging, moving around, cutting & pruning – well then different pots, tools, wooden boxes, a wheelbarrow & other fitting items can do the trick.

It’s good to make use of the nice weather & take the opportunity or time to actually see all the nice things around. If nothing else, it can inspire to a visit to the garden store, which could brighten the day. Me – I’m just inspired by the wonderful weather, my very little green garden on the back & the cup of coffe in the morning, before it gets too hot. Greenery, that’s my thing right now 🙂

Irresistible / homegarden via Pinterest

Simple wooden boxes for all sorts of storage / google.com

Mini greenhouse – in white / livethemma

A dream place in peace / boligpluss

Nice glass jars in various sizes / 79ideas

Create your own garden feeling with simple means / enmammasdag

Rustic, beautiful & appealing / fleaingfrance.com

Simple – three chairs in a corner / stockholmvitt

Art / vanilla via tumblr

flower shop on display / trendenser

/ plaza

/ sweetpaulmagazine

/ vtwonen.nl

/ mylovelythings.blog

/ dailytonic.com

Tagged backyard, Flower, flowers, garden, Greenery, Home and Garden, home decor, mini greenhouse, outdoor, Plants

27/10/2012

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Homes / Interiors, Outdoor

Greens

I admire those who have green thumbs. Above all, I’m inspired by their passion for plants & the empathy they radiate. It’s amazing what a difference fresh flowers do for the soul & ones mood. It immediately becomes something of a festive feeling. It’s probably just as much scent & colours that influence. Fresh cut flowers and green plants makes a difference for a homely feeling.

Put together several vases \ Automatism

One big plant can make a change / pinterest.com

Simple wrapping / Tumblr.com

Colourful addition to the white kitchen / Skonahem

Mirrors increases the effect / Myscandinavianhome

Still life composition / Fredericia-Furniture Yellows dk

Dramatic in-front of the black wall / Lamaisond’annag

Green details / Hannasroom

Nice style & inviting with the addition of plants / Alltihemmet.se

Stylish / Livethemma

Take care / Marie

Tagged Florists, Flower, flowers, freshly cut flowers, Greenery, Plant, Plants, potted plants

10/05/2012

Grass green / 152

Hej dear friends,

The most recent entries have been pretty colorless, so I’m going with a green theme today. Especially when the summer is around the corner back home in Sweden. It suits as well over here in Australia despite the autumn, the weather is just so nice, most of the time. So this morning we headed out to a nice restaurant where we met up with a group of friends for early breakfast, – as always, a pleasure to spend time with people I love. It struck me that we now have lived in Sydney nearly five years & that we’ve known those particular friends as long. A rather cool feeling considering that they have been with us from the start, in our new homeland.Very nice feeling, actually. What would life be without friends, huh? One of life’s greatest pleasures, for sure.

Back to the theme, green is not a primary colour, it’s created of a mixture of blue & yellow. It’s considered as one of the additions to primary colours. The complement of green is magenta, at least according to RGB colour wheel. That’s a purple colour corresponding to an equal mix of red & blue light. On the other hand, based on traditional colour theory, the complementary colour to green is considered to be red. The word green is closely related to the old english verb growan which means to grow. It’s used to describe plants or the ocean. It can also describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous or sick.

In USA, green is a slang word for money, among other things. Several everyday expressions have been developed from these meanings, such as “green around the gills”, a phrase used to describe a person who looks ill. In some cultures, this colour symbolizes hope & growth, while in others, it’s associated with death, sickness, envy & even the devil. Green is also associated with regeneration, fertility & rebirth for its connections to nature. Recent political groups in Europe & the West have taken on the color as a symbol of environmental protection & social justice…& consider themselves part of the Green movement. This has led to similar campaigns in advertising, as companies have sold green or environmentally friendly products. (look up the word green in Wikipidea, where you can read more about colours).

Fashion from 1952, nearly 60 years ago / Glamourmagazine