Cathy at Rambling in the Garden invites us to share a vase every Monday. Via her meme I have met some wonderful people and made friends with many fellow bloggers over the past few years. Once again I am joining Cathy with a vase, today dedicating it to all my friends.
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A friend came to visit today and it felt like years since we had been able to sit and chat and drink tea together. It was wonderful. 😃
A friend gave me some Lemon Balm several years ago. It did well in my old garden and I brought some with me to put in the Herb Bed, which is the backdrop for my photos today. (See a garden ornament in the background? – A gift from a friend!)
A blogging friend sent me some seeds of purple Linaria many years ago and it spread, with some reverting to the pale pink seen here. Now I have both pink and purple in my Butterfly Bed. 😃
I have been a friend of Alchemilla and Heuchera for many years. Then blogging friends taught me about Knautia, Calamagrostis and Artemisia.
All in a vase given to me by a very dear friend. 😃
Thank you all and have a wonderful week!
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Words and Herbs 
Friends make the journey in life all the better. 🙂 Lovely arrangement and post, Cathy!
Thank you Eliza. 😃
You it it on the head. Making friends in the garden and in the “blogosphere” is a delight. Thanks for being my friend. John
Glad to have got to know you and your garden too John. 😃
I’m glad you had an opportunity to chat over tea with a friend, Cathy! I know having lunch in my back garden with friends today was tonic for my soul. Your herbal arrangement is lovely, especially as it provides such fond memories.
It was the first visit we have had since the winter and it did us both good to actually see each other! 😃
Like you, my garden is full of my friends in plant form. 🙂
Yes, one way of remembering them when we can‘t see them. 😃
This plague has really made us extra aware of the importance of cherishing our friends as we have missed them through the darkest days of lockdown. A lovely idea to celebrate friendship.
Absolutely. At first I enjoyed the peace and quiet, but human beings are social creatures and it is good to have some social contact again.😃
How lovely! Friends indeed. We all need them. Lovely vase full
Thank you Dorris!
Beautiful Cathy! What a sweet tribute to your friends and the flowers that remind you of them. I’ve often thought it necessary to have a bouquet of friends, and the richness each brings to our lives.
I love that expression ‘a bouquet of friends’ Cindy! Thank you!
Loving your friendship bouquet and dear sentiment. So glad you had the opportunity for seeing your friend. Early in my blogging adventure you were kind with encouragement and ended one comment with, “I wish I knew your name.” I had been nervous about using anything more than pbmGarden. Thanks for extending the hand of friendship.
I remember that Susie! I am so happy that I have met you and got to know your beautiful garden over the past few years!
A lovely tribute to your friends Cathy who I am sure cherish your friendship. So glad that you have been able to meet up with one of them for a chat and a cuppa.
It was about time too Anna. I was able to give her the dahlias that were supposed to be her birthday present at Easter! (I planted them up for her!) 😉
How lovely to celebrate friendship with your vase today, Cathy, not just friends you can meet up with in person when Covid permits, but virtual blogging friends too. I know I have gained so much from the latter over the years in terms of support, encouragement, knowledge and seeds and plants. I have rediscovered linaria recently, although am conscious that it could outstay its welcome. A friend gave me some purple ones recently, but I have noticed the pink version in a garden in he village…
I think I like the pink ones even better Cathy. 😉 I love looking into other people‘s gardens when taking a walk… The first aquliagias in my old garden came from seed from an overgrown garden in our village. Happy seed hunting!
PS I‘ll try and save seed this year and send you some. 😉
Thank you 😊
After my experience with meadow rue I am slightly wary of introducing ‘wild’ species, but at least linalia is easy to pull out, unlike the meadow rue!
It still looks like spring there.
Oh no, it is definitely summer now Tony. The tomatoes are flowering and the Hypericum too. 😃
I suppose summer looks different there anyway. For us, it is when things are drying out. Spring bloom really is confined to spring. This is a chaparral climate. Only a desert climate has a drier summer, and the spring bloom in the desert, although spectacular at times, is brief.
Very pretty, Cathy! I love going through my garden and remembering the different friends and family who have given me various plants!
Yes, they keep friends in our thoughts and those that are no longer with us are kept alive. 😃
Very nice combination.
Thanks Jason!