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“The color of springtime is flowers; the color of winter is in our imagination.”
– Terri Guillemets
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Tag Archives: Gardening
In a Vase on Monday – Chaotic energy!
It is still freezing outside. We’ve had a week of temperatures peeking just above zero by early afternoon. Brrrr! On the plus side, there has also been day after day of brilliant blue skies! It was, however, supposed to be … Continue reading
Six on Saturday – All that sparkles …
Now -6°C is a bit of a shock to the system, after months of double digits! In the bits of the garden that haven’t seen the sun (or admittedly fantastic blue skies) the frost is building up into rather beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, Berkheya purpurea, Erigeron karvinskianus, Frost, Gardening, Ice crystals, Oca, sub zero temperatures
22 Comments
A Week of Flowers – Final Day: Burning down the house
Oh no! We’ve reached the last of Cathy’s annual Week of Flowers postings. That week has taken us from meandering, warm autumn weather to sharp, chilly winter days. The meme has been a welcome counterpoint to that change. It’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged #AWeekofFlowers, Gardening, helianthemum, orange, Photography, Rock rose
15 Comments
A Week of Flowers – Day 5: Peony Power
We are racing through Cathy’s annual Week of Flowers share and I love the floral glory that I am seeing through her posts and links. It’s also been rather enjoyable scrolling through (rather a lot of) photos on the computer … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged #WeekofFlowers, Flowers, Gardening, Peonies, Peony 'Bowl of Beauty', Photography
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Cathy’s Week of Flowers: Day 3 – Floral sunshine
It’s Day 3 of Cathy’s flower-sharing challenge to cheer up these damp, gloomy days we seem to have settled into at the start of winter. Today I wanted to share one of the most cheerful sights I can think of … Continue reading
Posted in Wildflowers
Tagged Buttercups, Flowers, Gardening, Photography, Ranunculus, wildflower meadow
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A Week of Flowers – Off to a bright start …
Today I am joining Cathy from Words and Herbs for her delightful, annual meme ‘A Week of Flowers‘, which was conceived to help counterbalance the dark, dank days of this time of the year in the northern hemisphere. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged #AWeekofFlowers, cheerfulness, Flowers, Gardening, Geum 'Totally Tangerine', orange, Photography
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In-a-Vase-on-Monday is nine years old today!
What a fantastic achievement by Cathy@ramblinginthegarden, who started and continues to host this meme. 👏👏👏 468 vases and still going strong! I love this meme, but rarely get my act together to post a vase, even though I sometimes pick … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged #IAVOM, antirrhinum, Flowers, Gardening, In a vase on Monday, Penstemon, posies
15 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Alien faces in the wood?
Posted in Trees, Wordless
Tagged English walnut, Gardening, Juglans, leaf scars, Photography, Pruning, Trees
8 Comments
Thrown Away
This little stunner is Tinantia erecta, aka Widow’s Tears or False Dayflowers, from the Commelinaceae family. More normally it is found in places like Mexico or India, certainly not in a UK garden. Nevertheless, this example popped up beneath the … Continue reading
Posted in Plants, Wordless
Tagged #WordlessWednesday, False Day Flower, Gardening, Photography, Tinantia erecta, Widow's Tears
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