… on one of my daily walks for exercise. I love the colour.
Tag: spring
April
Another little booklet, this time made from four old Christmas card envelopes. I used scraps of paper from around the house and cuttings from newspapers. The William Morris scraps are from a V&A diary my son bought me for Christmas in 2017, and the cat picture is just a print from a photo I took a few years ago.
The butterfly picture on the back didn’t quite work, I know. I’m just learning 🙂
Surprise
Unexpected sight in the garden today. Forget-me-nots. I don’t plant these; fortunately they self-seed every year. Such a welcome arrival!
From My Walk
Taking a short walk every morning. Keeping to our local quiet streets to minimise the chance of seeing other people.
These are some of the flowers and trees I saw today.
Blank Slate Part 2
It’s a start!
I rescued a phlox and bought another one. There’s some saxifrage in there as well as a plant I don’t know the name of. And also a tiny aquilegia to replace one I lost!
I’m trying to decide whether to put a small clump of chives back in there, as it doesn’t look too happy where it is now.
It doesn’t look much at the moment, and the pictures look a little washed-out, but I’m excited about it.
Moodier shots may follow!
Blank Slate
The featured picture is a little violet I found growing in the garden. Just for some colour!
The first two pictures below show the ‘blank slate’ of the title: an old sink which used to be a herb garden of sorts, but then got terribly messy and overgrown. I’ve emptied it out and washed it, then tilted it slightly to improve the drainage. It’s now ready for some new residents. The wire is there to protect it from cats!
I haven’t decided what to plant yet. Any ideas?
The final picture is a new hydrangea, bought today, which will be planted out in due course.
Progress
The first tulips are out. More are on the way. At last, there is some progress in the garden.
Most exciting of all, two of the Himalayan blue poppies I bought last year have returned. I’m really looking forward to seeing them bloom. Fingers crossed!
Pansies
The garden needs some colour. So many of my plants are just not quite ready to bloom. So I bought some pansies. Always reliable. Always colourful. Always fun!
Walking in the Rain
There’s been a lot of rain this week. Quite a lot of it fell on my day off, when I went for a walk by a river. I snatched some photos on my phone…
The roads were wet and the river was full. Brown, muddy water, moving much too quickly for my liking.
Mossy trees.
Bowed and broken branches.
Dark fields.
Spring is not here yet. Not here. Not quite.
Understated
Let Spring Begin!
There was a lot of small-bird activity in the garden yesterday. Here are two of the pictures I managed to take (through the window, I’m afraid, so not as sharp as I would have liked).
Pairs
Two pairs of mandarin ducks out for a late-afternoon paddle. The males seem to be guarding (hiding?) the females.
A closer look …
(They were careful to hide behind some branches!)
