Seasons for All

Hydrangeas ~ Indoors and Out

 

Hydrangeas just might be my very favorite flower.  They certainly are for summer.  And since summer is on its way and hydrangea is arguably the flower of the season.  Decorating with hydrangeas is so easy from the time they bloom and, if preserved correctly, until long after they've dried.

In a sun room or on a porch, choose a color and cluster them together for an abundance of supple petals.

  

Indoors, add them to a sideboard in the living room or dining room, or to a hutch in the kitchen.

 

 

And hydrangea are the perfect centerpiece for a formal or casual dining room table. 

Indoors or out,  whether the setting be rustic or elegant, and whether the time of day is morning, noon, or night, hydrangeas are always right at home.

Be sure to visit Julia's Hooked on Fridays, Fifi's Fashionable Fridays, and Melissa's A Beautiful Life.

 

Credits:  Country Living, BHG, Traditional Home, and Country Home.

Cross-posted at Seasons for All at Home. 

Wednesday's Work of Art ~ Rockwell's Spring Flowers

"Spring Flowers" by Norman Rockwell.  Image from Art.com.

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Wednesday's Work of Art ~ June's Flowers

 

"Twelve Months of Flowers: June" by Robert Furber.
Image from Art.com.

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Monday's Music ~ State Fair (1945)

I got my love for movie musicals from my mother.  Any day of the week when I was in grade school, she'd iron all clothes and sheets (yes, sheets!) while watching matinees on television.  As musical performances floated through our house, so did the smell of a hot iron pressing starch- or water-spritzed cotton.   

The summertime musicals have been on my mind the past few days.  Music Man, Carousel, Show Boat, and State Fair.  For the last, a Rodgers and Hammerstein collaboration, there were a few versions made: one in 1945 with Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, and Vivian Blaine, and one in 1962 with Pamela Taffin, Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, and Ann Margaret.  I haven't seen either is so long that I want to see them both again.  I was looking for "My State Fair" and found this version of Jeanne Crain singing "It Might As Well Be Spring."  I love everything about her very 1945 bedroom.