Winter foliage

I had wanted us to get our winter door decorations made. I could only find one of my wreath rings, so Brian decided he would make a swag for the gate, and I would make a wreath, or crown as it’s known in France, for the door.

I still had the old dried moss attached to the ring, and I thought I’d leave this in place to give more body to it, but I think after this year I will need to remove it. It didn’t take long to cover it in fresh moss and start to attach the foliage we’d collected before we went to Dijon.

Although we hadn’t found any Holly, we had found some red rose hips, which we used for colour. I tied a beautiful gold ribbon onto it, and we fixed it to the front door.

Brian made a swag for the front gate, which I think looks gorgeous. It’s more natural, and looks great against the peeling paintwork of the gate.

I think that paint job needs to go on the list for spring!