A touch of beauty ~

In my last post I shared with you my trip to the nearby bridle path for eucalyptus cuttings

and promised to show one of the ways I used them.

Voila!

I have a fairly long interior hallway in my house, at one end I have a large mirror and antique hall tree.

Usually I put an orchid here but I wanted to try something different, so I made this rather opulent bouquet of dried flowers and eucalyptus. 

And,

I am loving it! 

If you have been following my blog for a while you might notice I included Gomphrenas, a new plant for me and one I did a post on last spring. I was thrilled how well they retained their form and color when dried. They are the pink powder-puff like flowers in the bouquet.

This photo reminds me of a old Dutch Master floral painting.

The nice thing is that this will last for months and months, really until I tire of them and want to try something new. But for now I am very pleased. It really adds a touch of beauty to what is a long, dark, and relatively uninteresting space.

Now I need to decide what to do with all of the rest of the flowers I dried last summer and the remaining eucalyptus...a rather nice challenge!

I am taking a little blog break.

 I am driving up to the Monterey Peninsula to visit my sister, I hope to share some of my adventures with you next week when I get back.

Thank you for visiting.