I know it’s completely out of the symbolism of Christmas wreath. But this year I made a wreath with dried foxtail with leaves of crimson glory vine. i.e. No evergreens. There’s not much particular reason of it … I just wanted to make a Christmas wreath with materials from the next-door environment of Yokohama’ suburbia. I happened to obtain a vine of chocolate vine while mowing in Niiharu Citizen Forest 新治市民の森. Chocolate vine is a material famous for beautiful baskets (for example, shop here), or, if it’s short, nice for making a wreath. In any case, mine is very short so I decided to use it as a base for wreath. Foxtail is ubiquitous in our neighborhood, or sometimes simply regarded as weed. In December they look like dried flowers. Why not use it for holiday joy?
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| A lot. |
Crimson glory vine, this year showed a strange result. When it was a good year for them, they start providing ripen grapes from the middle of August. This year, no. Last August was uber hot in Yokohama. In addition, in the end no big typhoon came to our town. The ground has been dry. It’s good for leaves of glory vine to turn beautiful red in late autumn. They don’t have to suffer damages by strong wind, do they? But not so good for their fruits. In December they still have tiny green bunches of grapes … They are desiccated before reaching maturity. Sad (; my post on September 21, 2018). Anyway, “what you have left that’s count,” isn’t it?
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| Certainly, they are beautiful … |
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| But it’s a sad scenery in the middle of December … |
That’s said, … I guess something is happening for our climate.
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| Merry Christmas. |
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