Category Archives: Whimsy
Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction … was not so tasty
I can’t remember how I came to have passion flower seeds (Passiflora caerulea) to sow, but inevitably I sowed them and a great many germinated. So then I had to decide what to do with them. I thought that a … Continue reading
Posted in fruit, The home garden, Whimsy
Tagged Edible, fruit, Gardening, Passiflora caerulea, Passiflora edulis, Passionflower, Photography
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Wordless Wednesday – Who’s wearing a ballgown in the garden?
Posted in Flowers, Whimsy, Wordless
Tagged Everlasting flowers, Gardening, Photography, pink, Rhodanthe manglesii, Swan River Everlasting Daisy
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Wordless Wednesday – In an octopus’s garden in the … sun
Posted in Out and about, Whimsy
Tagged beach, chalk, Dorset, Gardens, Jurassic, Lulworth Cove, Pebbles, Photography, seaweed
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Wordless Wednesday – PYO Raspberries
PYO == Pick Your Own
Posted in fruit, Whimsy
Tagged dogs, Fruit growing, Gardening, Photography, PYO, Raspberries, Sadie
16 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Colour-coordinated pollen baskets
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Nature, Whimsy, Wordless
Tagged Blossom, Foxtail lilies, Gardening, honey bees, nature, phacelia tanacetifolia, Photography, pollen baskets
18 Comments
Great Balls of Fire
I’ve mentioned before that I had an RHS course lecturer who was keen on quick-fire quizzes of the kind ‘Name 6 blue flowers , 10 herbs etc’ and as I was taking some macro photographs of some rather lovely London … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Trees, Whimsy
Tagged Flower balls, Gardening, Horticulture, inflorescences, Photography, Quizzes
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Wordless Wednesday – Hard wardrobe decisions
… Do my thumbs look big in these?
Posted in Whimsy, Wimpole Hall, Wordless
Tagged Fashion, Gardening, gloves, greenhouse, Horticulture, Photography, PPE, washing
24 Comments
