Vintage Baskets in the Entry

Last week in honor of May Day and Mother's Day, I put together two little baskets, one vintage, the other basket new but with similar elements. I was inspired by the old tradition of May Day where you would put together a small bouquet and hang it on the front porch door. Then you would hide and wait for the lady of the house to come to the door. Such a sweet gesture, but maybe not too practical in today's time and culture.

I haven't shared the entry console for awhile, so I brought the little antique basket in here and refreshed the Entry area a bit after Easter.  

The main change up was my florist basket with a few faux hydrangeas in pink and white with a little ivy. I usually have my iron urn here but I wanted something spring-y for May. I had such fun putting together this little antique basket. I used a faux "tussy mussy" a mini clay pot with moss and an unused finch nest that I found in my front door basket. I can't let them nest there because of the vulnerability of the nest. We have crows that will wreak havoc. 

When I saw this basket years ago I had to have it. I love the old silver patina.

(faux eggs, below)

This is one of my favorite vintage spring prints by Robert Atkinson Fox. I can get lost in this lush English garden. I'm not a gardener at all, and this last winter just about killed so many of our landscape plants and shrubs. The summer heat and drought stressed them all out and then the winter sub-zero temps swooped in and finished them off. My azaleas and hydrangeas, and dwarf Nandina are so sad, we've had to cut them way back because most of them were beyond help. Just a little growth at the bottom. Hopefully, they will hang in there and get the will to live.

So, a garden like this is a dream. 

Here's my post from last week where I shared the fun process.

My editor has been acting up and I cannot keep the photos centered. Anyone else in Blogger having problems? (that's the problem)

Here's last year's Entry with some of my favorite bovines.

I hope you're having a great week, with some warm sunshine. I have birdies in one of my nesting boxes on the back porch. Happy chirps, everyone!!

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