Very, Very Cherry
By Christa TerryIt’s summertime. Unfortunately, here in MA’s north shore, it doesn’t feel anything like summer, and it hasn’t for ages. I have about had it up to here with gray days and rain, and apparently we were even hit with some hail the other day. That’s right, early morning hail in July! On one hand, all the plants in my garden, from the cukes to the tomatoes seem pretty happy and I don’t have to worry about remembering to turn on the sprinkler. On the other hand, weather like this makes me want to do something drastic.
Like shop. And if I’m shopping to drive away a case of the blahs, you know that I am buying something pretty and cheerful and possibly pink and, damn it all, it had better be floral. Cherry blossoms fit the bill beautiful. My bank account may be shrinking rapidly, but at least my sanity is intact!
I’m digging on cherry blossom lamps and cherry blossom sushi sets and cherry blossom art prints, for starters. I’m not sure what I’ll end up with, though the cherry blossom rice paper lamps are pretty tempting. Cherry blossoms just feel like such a breath of fresh air in this horrid weather.
(click on anything above to make your house very cherry)
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I love cherry blossoms! I have these cool japanese trays that i use for storing jewelry and coins. They’ve got cherry blossoms, but they’re blue, so kind of different. I actually think I got them as a wedding favor a couple of years ago. They’re like these ones ferom Beau-Coup: http://www.beau-coup.com/cherryblossomtrays.htm