URBAN JUNGLE BLOGGERS 32 > PLANT STILL-LIFE 'DESERT'

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Hello there! A big challenge for me for this month: create a still-life that portrays the 'desert' theme. It's a challenge as I've never been to a real desert and I don't have much at home with desert origins. So I went for suggestions: the colour of sand and terracotta, the idea of a drinking tea from beautiful glass.

The silver glass tiny cups are a gift from my grandmother, the round orange pit-firing ceramic vase I made in Denmark during a raku ceramics Summer course.
Plants are not strictly desert plants. The idea of drinking mint tea in the desert made me think of freshness, that is why I used a couple of cuttings with a very vibrant light green. 
Next to it some cuttings from my cousin's Tradescantia, I love its dark green velvety purple colour. It Italy known as erba miseria -misery grass- because of trailing hanging leaves.

The etching on the wall depicting houses in a sand storm I made in my college years, in Plymouth. The beautiful stones come from Elba island and various places I have visited. 
I like to place them around my pots. I must admit my house is plenty of stones collected around.

So, this is my desert suggestion. Hope you enjoy it.

The beauty of our monthly appointment is to discover what other Urban Jungle Bloggers will do with the same subject. Don't you think? So let's go check the others out.

See you next time everyone! Happy green time.

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Urban Jungle Bloggers is a monthly series hosted by 2 bloggers: Igor (Happy Interior Blog) and Judith (JOELIX.com). Every month we share our love for plants. You can find additional inspiration on our Urban Jungle Bloggers. 
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