Mauve Taupe

Magical Pale 'Mauve Taupe' Pinks

Pale pink sun trying to break through... but no. Beautiful icicles in pale pink hanging from the roof some of them are almost a metre long and some pale mauve pink tulips at the end.




"Mauve (pronounced /ˈmoʊv/ (British), rhymes with "grove"; from the French form of Malva 'mallow' is a pale lavender-lilac color, one of many in the range of purples. Mauve is

And the winner is...Fröken Knopp

This post 'Fröken Knopp'... was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's GardenThe result from the Ceasar Collection Florist competition.and the winner is...No this is not the winner, this is Ester just a pretty girl I found at the Formex Fair, isn't she just adorable?Vinnaren i Ceasar Collections Florist tävling på Formex mässan är ...Marianne Walldén”Som formgivare, blomsterkonstnär och

Heirloom Patterns - Oriental Floral Décor

This post, 'Heirloom Floral Patterns - oriental floral décor' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/ Heirloom Floral Patterns Horticulture on the wallThis is a collage of framents of floral décor.Details from एतमाद-उद-दौला का मक़बरा,Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb اعتماد الدولہ کا مقبرہ The walls are white marble from Rajasthan encrusted with

VINTAGE Ornaments and Greetings.

© This post was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/ ...Well, soon the Christmas is over and we have to tidy away all the lovely Christmas ornaments and décor. But first I would like to show you some of my favourite Christmas ornaments.Nancy at Soliloquy wrote a very interesting and nice post about the history of the Christmas ornaments.

The Start of the Season of Advent.

Tyra wrote this post at the blog Tyra’s Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com...Advent Sunday Advent Sunday is the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day.It also marks the start of the wonderful season of Advent.The first candle is now lit and we are entering the season of Advent. Today the family gathered to celebrate the first Sunday in Advent. Baking the wonderful Swedish saffron bread which filled

A GARDENERS WRAP

A Gardeners Gift WrapTo wrap a present is so fun, I really do enjoy it and this time I wanted to do something different, I went for a stroll in the garden and ended up with this. I just adores the seed capsules of the Papaver, I think they are most fascinating, each one is a small work of art. They are so beautiful therefore I started out with the Papaver then...... POP ART...added a fig (picked

Philatelic NEWS for a veggie geek.

Harvest stamps from Sweden. New Swedish stamps on my stones from Jaipur. Look what I found in the Post office yesterday! Absolutely perfect for a veggie geek like me. Now I can have 'my own' very personal stamps on my letters. Isn’t that just great? Precis lagom till skördetiden ger posten ut dessa underbara små skönheterna. Jag blev så glad när jag såg dom, de blir ju alldeles perfekt för mina

I have an itch to paint!

Flowers upon the wall?That could be an idea!Lily at Baby TajYou know I love painting as well as gardening. I showed you one’s my “Topiary upon the wall” painting I have done in one of our rooms and after the trip to India I’m so inspired to do some more painting!... perhaps a “flowers upon the wall” room. This is one of the places in India that truly put some ideas into my head. Look at

Recycling an Old Dead Tulip

This very mature tulip has certainly seen it's best day's. Sometimes I like dead flowers especially tulips they really ages gracefully. This morning I took a picture of this very, very old dead flower (I think it's from last year) :-) Recycled tulip - I added some light, color and ops.... Revived! This is even more colorful version - 'Tulipa colorfullus vulgare' Have a nice week/ Tyra