A Botanical Experiment & Other Anthropological Discoveries
HOME– Yes, I’ve been away. But, let’s talk about that another day, okay?
This morning, I’m arranging flowers in my new laboratory beakers. It’s humid and unbearably HOT here in South Carolina, so a morning walk to collect flowers and garden vegetables is about all of the outdoor activity that I can imagine today.
I found this inventive little glassware on a pilgrimage to Anthropologie yesterday. The one with the white hydrangea is actually a small carafe from Ikea, but it holds its own with the chemical brothers.
And for those of you with a keen eye, yes, my chalkboards are empty. But soon, they will be filled -once again- with goals and dreams for the year… albeit, the second half of the year.
I also bought a few of Anthropologie’s infamously hot-ticketed cappuccino bowls. At 5 bucks each, I piled twelve on the counter. Of course, I didn’t need twelve new bowls, but look at this palette! I couldn’t resist. And I have to say, the pretty pale aqua bowl made my morning cereal taste extra special.
And look at this adorable ceramic colander. I have to bite my finger it’s so cute- it cups my morning garden harvest like a little… well, like a bowl. It cups them like a bowl. Okay, so it’s been a while- months, actually. Perhaps my similes and metaphors aren’t exactly flowing from the fingers, yet.
June 5th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Hey there lady! Love the beakers and the bowls! I’ve been away from my blog for a bit too. Just so much going on. We’re outside most of the day in the nice weather, just don’t wanna be in from a computer screen.
I found a Limoges pedestal cake stand at a yard sale for $4!!! I was a very happy girl. Maybe I should take a pic and blog it?
Anyway, I’m rambling. Glad to see you back. Hugs from RI.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Really good to see you back, Kim.
June 5th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Love your little colander and the flower containers are just too chic. Most of all, love having you back on paperapron. You light up all of my days, but they’re even brighter when you feel like doing something that’s this dear to your heart. Welcome back.
June 7th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Love your bowls *and* the colander!
June 7th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Welcome back! I have so missed you and am glad you are back at Paper Apron. Sending you an email right now. Love, love, love your beautiful photos. Right now I have tears in my eyes as I see the world through your eyes and camera lens.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:25 am
I repeat myself: welcome back. Love, love, love your photos and your sharing your view of the world. As soon as I learn to operate my digital camera, I am going to send you a picture of my little garden. I have a pink lacecap hydramgea that is amazing and dephiniums plus many, many other things blooming away. I have cleomes for you and can’t wait to share them.
June 7th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Glad to see you back Kim! I’ve missed your commentary & photos… Must find an Anthropologie store somewhere nearby… my cupboards NEED those cappuccino bowls!
June 7th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Glad to see you back Kim, we missed ya. Beautiful dishes!
June 10th, 2010 at 2:17 am
Great kitchen goodies…can we ever have enough?
ronelle
June 10th, 2010 at 5:04 am
Wow, what a beautiful site. I think my writing is pretty good but I can only aspire to have a design as beautiful as yours…I better get to work ^^;
June 11th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
let’s go back to Paris…! reading your blog and your photos…just remind me of all that! I’m going to Germany in Oct…and the friend I’ll be staying with loves yard sales…hmmmm, I could get in trouble! did I ever tell you how much I love the South???
keep it up Kim…!
June 22nd, 2010 at 2:23 am
Found the same bowls as yours! At Monoprix – in Paris. But there was just one: dark red. And I had to buy it
June 22nd, 2010 at 4:43 am
Monoprix!!? @Grapefruit, you have my attention! Oh, how I long for a trip to Monoprix- it’s like Target, only in Paris- and how can you beat that? Which Monoprix were you at? The one in the 5th or another one? I went to one in or around Voltaire and found it to have the best selection of super cute AND affordable kids clothes. They also carry great organic shampoo lines. I’m so glad you found a bowl- and dark red is so Parisian.
And @Louise, we’re talking about Paris in October, too. If you’re nearby, or in Paris, let’s meet up.
@Sasa, thank you! Blogging is so much fun, isn’t it? I need to put more time into mine. It seems the grass is always greener on the other blogs.
@Ronelle, Oh, if we could all take a tour through your house. You have the BEST kitchen goodies of all.
@Angie, Thank you. It’s so good to feel up to this again. Of course, I’ll never be as prolific as Eclectic Recipes!!
@Kelly, Why Charleston of ALL places doesn’t have an Anthropologie, makes no sense at all.
@Carolyn, All of your sweet shared flowers are in the ground and making me so happy. The cleomes are gorgeous! One is next to a Crepe Myrtle- the blooms complement each other perfectly.
@Mom, come home. I miss you. Terribly. We need to go shopping.
@Amy, I cannot say enough about what your thoughtfulness has meant to me over the past couple of months. Your words really lifted my spirits and kept me looking forward.
@Lisa, a Limoges pedestal cake stand for 4 bucks?!! You are the tag sale Queen. That’s quite a find. I’m going to go see if you really did share a picture….
July 29th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Kim!,
How are you my long lost friend? Wow I had no idea of your talents and knowledge of food. I absolutely love the recipes that you have here and will make your site a normal stop. I’ll see if my wife and I can handle one of your recipes together. It was great seeing photos of you and your family after so many years.
Love your writing and how you express yourself. You have a true gift.
Blessings!
Scott Derrick