Saturday, February 26, 2011

A Friend's Wisteria - Maree

"In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away."
— Buson


A friend's Wisteria is in full bloom and the scent is absolutely intoxicating! Just about the complete one side of her house is covered (there's a pergola next to the wall) and it's absolutely beautiful. The only problem is, the pergola is leaning dangerously close to a window from the weight of the plant and she says unfortunately she says she's going to have to take it down. That would be a real pity, but hopefully she can just trim it back a lot and retain some of the original plant. It his taken years to get to that size and planting a new one would take forever to produce this wonderful show.

6 comments:

  1. Maree, this is stunning. What a lovely remembrance.

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  2. Maree, so beautiful...just dripping with loveliness...I have never seen or smelled Wisteria.
    annie

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  3. Thanks PJ! My friend is tackling the job of cutting down the Wisteria this coming Winter, so I will return to see what transpired!

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  4. Aaaaw Annie! The scent is certainly something to experience! And the beautiful bunches of flowers are straight from a fairy tale! Hope you get to see and smell them soon!

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  5. This is so LOVELY Maree! I haven't seen many postings from you lately...glad to see some of your art again!!

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  6. Thank you for that Debo, pleased you like it! I've been painting profusely, a couple a day, but haven't been doing much sketching in nature. First it was too cold, and now it's been too hot! lol! I've also been neglecting my journals a bit, now that you mention it, will be getting back to them soon as well!

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