SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

A PILLOW VASE YOU CAN HOD IN YOUR  HAND...

...FILLED WITH BEACH PEA, DAISIES, MILFOIL, BIRD'S FOOT TREFOIL AND TANSY

Monday, 8:00 AM.  70 degrees F at the ferry dock, 66 on the back porch.  Wind NW, mostly calm, with occasional light gusts.  The sky is cloudless, the humidity 74%.  The barometer is more or less steady, currently at 29.93".  Today will be seasonally warm and pleasant, then things will cool off some with nice weather for the balance of the week.

   I have a City of Bayfield Tree Board meeting this morning at nine AM.  We are going to do training pruning on trees planted within the last few years. Proper training pruning is extremely important to shape the growing tree; to develop a strong central leader, remove competing branches and sucker growth and reduce problems with included bark.  It also will give us an opportunity to check on the condition and necessity of staking, and on disease, insect and injury problems.

   Sometimes small is as beautiful, or even more so,  as big.  This is certainly true with flower arrangements and vases. Joan loves small pillow vases, little pots small enough to hold in the hand, but that when properly designed can hold a surprising number of blooms.

   Looking like a little pillow, filled with water and with holes for flower stems at one end,  the tiniest of roadside weeds and wildflowers assume great importance in a pillow vase, take almost no effort to collect, and are as much fun to arrange as a large bouquet.  They hold enough water to keep their diminutive arrangements fresh for days. They can fit on any table, no matter how cluttered.  Taking up almost no room at all, they provide a cheerful natural presence in any room.