the first loot shoot of May

Love when you share you loot! I love the paintings, the books and the bobbin , have a lovely week, Colette x

Awesome treasures! But without a doubt the very best treasure is your beautiful pootch – what a sweetie to keep you company on your loot shoot.

My horticulture professor told us Acquilegia was infamous about NOT keeping their true colors if they had been hybridized. Good luck, I'm not speaking from experience!

Gibson, you look so contented! Yesterday I got to cuddle and pet a couple of very cute dogs when I was sitting outside a café here in Eugene, OR. One was a very clean white and ginger-colored pommeranian that had a puppy clip and looked just like a miniature fox! Ruby was a gingerbread cocker spaniel that loved to have her ears and topknot finger-combed. You would have enjoyed them, too, Gibson, I'm sure Ghetto wouldn't have minded!

I wonder what in the world that copper pan would have been used for? Spaetzel?

Would love to plop a bisou on Gibson's head. 🙂
And it looks like you had good karma on your side for being such a great hostess–those are some lovely finds!

Looks like Gibson is guarding the goods! ha ha He is such a sweetheart! Love all your finds today! Great looking stuff!

I love the bobbin and of course, the two blue and white dishes.Now I think Gibson had the right idea…time for a nap.:)

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Hey Sharon,

the previous poster was correct in saying that Columbines are famous (or notorious, I suppose, if you happen to a control-freak) for hybridizing with each other. So, you'd do well to ASSUME that yours (or, more precisely, their offspring) won't flower "true" for more than a year or two or maybe-three….at which time the original plants will probably die anyway, since Columbines (as yet another poster mentioned) generally aren't long-lived. They re-seed like mad, though, so you're never without them (at least not in this temperate climate) once you've planted a couple.

Mine just come up everywhere (between flagstones or anywhere the rain washes the seeds, which are TINY). I don't at all mind their straying around the place; nothing gives a more natural "feel" than cornflowers, columbines, and daisies (yup…just old wild kind, thank you) seeding themselves where they please.

Where I'm from (the mountains in Tennessee), red columbines are native and grow EVERYwhere. They're lovely.

—-david terry
http://www.davidterryart.com

Beautiful loot! I agree with Kukkaiselämää; plant your columbines far apart to reduce the risk of cross-pollination. If you are very keen to keep them true, you might also try collecting seed each year from the ones that seem to stay true. You can't be sure about the results until the following year, but it's worth a try.

Aquilegias, probably more than most of the hybrids, are very fickle. At most they stay true for a couple of years, but arr not long-lived anyway. They are a short term perennial, but re-seed like mad. They will eventually revert to an earlier form, but there are many readily available in several "series" that look like yours.

Oh, my! You're killing me with the blue and white sauce boats! Love! And the dog is awful cute, too. ;}

Everything looks great love the prints of detailed architectural interiors and your dog…how sweet!

Awwww…love that sweet face, Gibson is such a handsome feller. I enjoy perusing your finds from the loot shoot. The old books get me everytime. They remind me of my grandparents attic with musty old journals, books, magazines, maps….

Well…my goodness, Sharon….

I've just read all these responses, and you've finally got me to thinking that I ought to start a blog of my own.

All you have to do is to ask a question ( I generally have a LOT of them), and you immediately get at least twelve well-informed answers????…..

Not entirely by-the-way?….have you ever sat down and mapped-out, so to speak, where all of your fans/readers live?

I've got to say that I find amusing to consider that your fans/reader seem to live everywhere between Seattle & Sydney (going in both directions), but the ONLY folks who never write or appear in/on your blog are the ones who actually live with you.

Good for you…..a true lady is always marked by a innate (sp?) sense of discretion regarding her household matters.

—-david terry
http://www.davidterryart.com

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Hello Mr. Gibson.

I love the paisley shawl w/ the allium? I have never seen it that color (I should ask Henry what it is before commenting!).
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