{"id":990,"date":"2011-05-28T19:10:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2022-05-22T06:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T10:08:13","slug":"ferns-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/28\/ferns-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"ferns, ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am enchanted by ferns as-of-late. Their imagery keeps coming my way! And antique mirrors (this one has such a pretty fern-like carving adorning its top). Here&#8217;s one I came home with a few weeks ago. I finally got around to cleaning it up and it currently sits on my studio floor.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/110521_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nWalking through the woods last weekend, I noticed hundreds of patches of pretty ferns. Little One was quite smitten by the ferns too! He even tried to eat one.  I think next time we&#8217;ll collect some to press as a memory for our forest walks during his babyhood.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/110521_7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nThe other day while perusing in an antique shop I found this photograph of a lady in the prettiest lace dress holding a bouquet of ferns. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/110521_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI was so surprised when I lifted the photo out of the folder for a cleaning&#8230;another version was behind it, this time her lace dress fading away to reveal ectoplasm underneath (yes, I know it was a glitch in the developing process but oh to dream). If you read this blog you already know delicate, antique lace is one of my favorite things. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/110521_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nStarted collecting mini greenhouses. I have two! However, I can&#8217;t find a fern small enough to live in the tiny greenhouse.These little conservatories have been enchanting me ever since I found the larger one in a church thrift shop. They live on top of my curio cabinet in a sunny corner of my room. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/110521_8.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/11_05_21_6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd  the newest photos for my collection. I think I&#8217;m going to paint her this summer when I get back in my studio.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/110521_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nAnd here she is, as a ghost:<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/110521_5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nA happy, long weekend to all those in the United States,  summer has begun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am enchanted by ferns as-of-late. Their imagery keeps coming my way! And antique mirrors (this one has such a pretty fern-like carving adorning its top). Here&#8217;s one I came home with a few weeks ago. I finally got around to cleaning it up and it currently sits on my studio floor. Walking through the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/28\/ferns-ghost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ferns, ghosts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,23,5,40,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiques","category-botany","category-garden","category-studio","category-wanderings","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}