WEDGWOOD BLUE by Ketelbey

If you are a regular reader of our blog you may remember that we posted a link to this song in the past, but we've just heard a beautiful rendition of it played on an organ and available on YouTube by clicking the title of this post. I think this is my favorite of all the versions I've heard. You can go here to find the sheet music so you can make your own version come alive! Enjoy!

WHAT HAVE FERNS TO DO WITH WEDGWOOD? YOU ASK

In rambling around the world-wide press this morning, from my perch in the woods of southeast Maine, land of the pointed firs, I discovered this blog entry about one of my very favorite plants, ferns. In Maine they grow quite wild and large and lush. It is early yet, but already in the woods surrounding my daughter's home we can see evidence of early spring fern growth. In Georgetown where her in-laws live they grow a foot tall, wild along the roads and in the woods.

We know Wedgwood jasper, caneware and other bodies sometimes sported fern fronds, but not nearly as often as many other types of flora. If you go here you will find a few things we have in stock with fern leaves. The green dresser tray is one of my personal favorites, the fern fronds are beautifully displayed in a graceful trim.

I think I'll try taking a batch of ferns home to plant amongst my hostas in the shade!

IRISH HORTICULTURE SOCIETY NOW HAS A GARDEN TO TEND

The Royal Horticulture Society of England has had a Wedgwood connection since its inception due to the fact that one of its founders was John Wedgwood. Of course Wedgwood plates were commissioned by the RHS over the years also. This article caught my eye as much for the Wedgwood connection as for the fact that when I was in Hatchard's I couldn't help but think about the many famous and not-so-famous folks who had roamed the bookshelves of that store! To say nothing of the RHS' having been founded right there! Click the title above to read the latest on the Irish Horticulture Society!