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First, the giveaway results!
So happy that you all loved the CD from our dear friend Paul Jernberg! The randomly picked winner of the giveaway is Nina who said,
The CD sounds like a winner. I will try the samples and would love to win it. I’m reading my copy of The Little Oratory again now. I’ll get something new out of it each time. Thank you, tnx.
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Here is another video with more clips of this Mass that is beautiful, fitting, and not difficult for the congregation to learn!
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It's that time of year here at the homestead. Hydrangea harvesting!
The flowers are so pretty decorating the house in the bowls, on the windowsill in random vases, and in the basket in my bedroom. They are drying there on the beam (except for the ones that are in the bowls — those had broken stems and will keep their shape because they are crammed in there!), awaiting strewing.
They look extra pretty with waxed leaves of red and gold popped in amongst them. Deirdre wrote about the (incredibly simple) method we've always used. A few hydrangeas in the Advent wreath don't go amiss…
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Last week on the deck, while I was prepping the hydrangea:
This week:
And yet, an open window in mid-October!
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Blurry cat on the move…
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Jennifer says
Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers. What do you do with them once that are stewed?
My backyard was carpeted in leaves overnight, too and it is funny to look at nearly bare trees through open windows but I’m enjoying it because I know it won’t last.
Leila says
Jennifer, if you click on the link in the post you can see what I do with most of them once they are “stewed.” haha I know it was a type but just not sure a typo for what 🙂
Annie says
The hydrangeas are beautiful! I planted some this summer, but they haven’t decided yet if they like it in our yard. I’m hopeful they’ll want to stay.
Mrs. B. says
Leila, remember not to turn that fan on! I still remember one of last year’s {phfr} about that 😉
I have never seen hydrangeas with that color – it’s beautiful. We have blue ones and pink ones here, but they usually make much smaller flowers… and this year there was nothing at all!! Just leaves… And the brutal winter killed 90% of our azaleas… But of course, the diabolical fishwort/chamaleon is nice and fit, even though we dug a lot of it out.
I love leaf season! It’s a lot of work, but the kids are in heaven 🙂
Leila says
Mrs. B — I know!! It being so warm, I have to keep telling myself not to turn the fan on!!
This kind of hydrangea is called Peewee… it’s meant to be a sort of tree, not a bush, but mine kind of resists shaping.
Maurisa says
I love hydrangeas! What a lovely idea to extend their beauty in your home. Will you post photos of what you’ve done with them once they are dried and ready to be used?
Kathy@9peas says
I love to see your hydrangeas each year. Congratulations to the winner of the CD!!
Martha says
I still have the dried hydrangeas we took from my husband’s Grandmother’s garden, when she had passed and we were selling her lovely old Victorian home.
That Mass setting is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I would keel over in ecstasy if my parish ever used anything remotely like that – but it’s as much about the clergy and congregation as about the music director (and wouldn’t I know, since the music director is my husband!).
Leila says
Martha, I know… sometimes it’s hard to know who to blame 🙂 Sometimes it’s all too clear. If the pastor resists, there’s not much you can do, although sometimes a gradual approach works.
An antiphon here, a chant there, before you know it…
But sometimes it’s really a brick wall. I do think that if they could *hear* this they might be more inclined to try at least a bit.
Emily says
Leila, the hydrangeas are beautiful! But do you find they collect a lot of dust throughout the year? And aren’t they then too delicate to dust off? I just find that dried flowers are more of a hassle in the end. Is there another’s way?
Leila says
Emily, the ones that I have around the downstairs do get faded and dusty, and then I chuck them. By that time it’s… time.
But the ones in my bedroom just sit in that basket and I guess the dust just settles out of sight 🙂
If there is an actual cobweb, I can swipe it.
Stephanie says
I want to roll in the leaves on your deck, we are surrounded by evergreens which are so beautiful in the snowy winter but cannot compete with New England in her fall glory.
Kinga says
The colors of the freshly fallen leaves? Gorgeous , can’t complain about their beauty. But then again, browns, yellows and oranges are my favorite:)
Amanda says
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as hydrangea harvesting!!?? I’m swooning over here! It’s so beautiful and romantic and all things lovely! Thank you for sharing!
Woman of the House says
Gorgeous hydrangeas! I love them!