22 February 2011

Nicky Haslam on Love in a Mist

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 haslam in lavender
 (image from here)


"There is a lovely flower,  pale mauve-blue, in every English garden, called Love-in-a-Mist, in itself a pretty name. As a child, I thought it was called Lavender Mist, even prettier..."  Nicholas Haslam


haslam's love in the mist
(image from here)



monet's le parlement, effet de brouillard  






pollock's lavender mist







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11 comments:

  1. wonderful pairing of words, images and quote!

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  2. Love in a Mist looks very much like another lovely blue flower, that of the herb Borage. I've read that planting Borage with vegetables will make the veggie plants grow better.

    Gayle, today is Edward Gorey's birthday! Please visit Collagitation to see my special post in his honor :)

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  3. Also called Nigella damascena, or Devil-in-the-bush. Some flowers have all the luck.

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  4. I appreciate the juxtaposition of these 2 canvases, very much; they are just shockingly magnificent, every time one sees them. Now they interact excitingly profoundly, and if one had one's 'drothers,' they'd be tacked somewhere in the sidebar at length, for extended stimulation and study. Meanwhile, I count implicitly on you to take down their conversation, and publish it here from time to time.

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  5. Love or Lavender...it's a beautiful flower, and color!
    xo J~

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  6. My copy of Nicholas Haslam's "Sheer Opulence" just arrived in the mail, yaaaay!

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  7. DE- thank you.

    Diane- bon appetit to Gorey today and his maddening receipts!

    mamacita- I saw all those fantastic names, love his take on it!

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  8. Laurent- I could not be sure of using these together, I am very glad to see you liking the idea. They do need more exploration.beneath Pollock's volatile canvas lavender seems to hover in serenity. pgt

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  9. Diane- you are going to just love the book. let me know what you think of it-pgt

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  10. 24, & along with the other names mamacita adds to it they are all saying the same- I love its little spiky tines.

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  11. Wow! a stunning blog and so happy I found you -- via Quintessence's mention of you on her blog. I will add you to my blogroll and check back again soon for inspiration. Stop on over to Nest by Tamara if you have a moment. best, Tamara Matthews-Stephenson of http://nestnestnest.blogspot.com

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