~ What’s in the Garden? U for umbrellas, unique and unusual. One year I turned an umbrella into a display for the spring. The old saying April showers bring May flowers was the theme for this unusual wreath/display. Did you know an old fashioned word for umbrella is bumbershoot? I love unusual and unique words. But I do have rain umbrellas. My fun umbrellas are from my teaching days. It was important to cheer things up on rainy days when meeting the school buses. Now the grandkids love using them in the garden … raining or not! The plant tables have
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Boots and Bumbershoots
Garden Projects, The Garden 2018, and Whimsy.
boot planters, garden journal 2018, U, umbrellas, and wreaths.
boot planters, garden journal 2018, U, umbrellas, and wreaths.
~ Bumbershoot is the old fashioned name for umbrella. I love unusual words. I decided to turn that umbrella upside down, add some spring things and make a bumbershoot display instead of the traditional wreath. I have several umbrellas but didn’t want to use one for the display because I will most likely need it for those rainy days that will be coming soon. A trip to the dollar store is always fun and this time I was looking for an umbrella. I had recently purchased some forsythia branches thinking I would do a wreath. I added some ribbon that
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