Category Archives: Spring

Wordless Wednesday – Introducing Slawa

Posted on April 29, 2020 by

Oh go on then, just a few more!

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Easter 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on April 12, 2020 by

As we hit a number of scary milestones in the path of this disease this Easter I am thinking of key workers in all walks of life with gratitude And wishing everyone a peaceful and hopeful Easter.

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Wordless Wednesday – Daffodils: A visual antidote

Posted on March 18, 2020 by

Wimpole Hall is owned by the National Trust. In a statement about the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday 17 March 2020 the National Trust said that … Although Wimpole Hall, Farm, restaurant, visitor welcome, shops are now closed until further notice, … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Sun Bliss and the Wild Tulips

Posted on April 10, 2019 by
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Wordless Wednesday – A sinusoidal snake dance

Posted on April 3, 2019 by
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April flowers – You’re the ones that I want!

Posted on April 29, 2018 by

Chloris at The Blooming Garden has a fantastic range of spring flowers  and she has select her favourite ‘ten’ for April in this post, giving me plenty of ideas for next year. Meanwhile, these are my current favourite plants around … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Sunshine

Posted on April 18, 2018 by
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Wordless Wednesday: Fleur-de-lis decoration

Posted on April 11, 2018 by
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A Cuckoo in the Nest

Posted on April 2, 2017 by

Grape hyacinths, even Muscari armeniacum, don’t seem to last here for more than a couple of years in the garden. It is probably our soggy winter conditions and clay soil that does for them, but I do love their wonderful … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday :- Words for snow

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

Our little sliver of an old Chivers orchard has erupted into a blizzard of white:

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