August is a good time to cut flowers and arrange them for decoration of the house. This is not an original thought. The Egyptians reportedly were arranging cut flowers in vases for decorating and transforming living spaces as early as 2,500 BC. The Greeks and Romans also used flowers for such purposes, but they apparently created wreaths and garlands out of them most of the time, rather than display them in vases. The ancient and current idea seems to be that transforming living spaces with the fragile beauty of flowers – bringing part of the outside in -- can transform living, itself.
Above, we see two of Barbara’s current house arrangements. From the fields, there are Black-Eyed Susans, Queen Anne’s Lace, and Tansy; mixed in from the garden, there are Bee Balm, Echinacea, Heliopsis, Hydrangea, Liatris, Ox-Eye Daisy, and Yarrow. (Brooklin, Maine)