May has been a very mixed month. Much wetter than is usual here and temperatures quite cool. Up to 27 degrees centigrade in the garden occasionally, but often not much more than 15 or 17. A mixed blessing. There has been fantastic growth on the plants and I am particularly pleased that my new herbaceous … Continue reading End of Month View: May
I couldn’t let Nick’s delphiniums go without a Vase on Monday mention. There are two varieties included in my vase: ‘Blue with White Bee’ (shown above) and ‘King Arthur'(a smaller and daintier flower with an interesting combination of different blues and a small white eye). They came as a Hayloft Plant collection in 2014 (against … Continue reading In a vase on Monday: Nick’s delphiniums
My vase is a bit of a cheat this week, since I made it for the dinner table on Saturday night. I was entranced by the sweet little fluffy white flowers of this shrub and liked the way they were nice and low for a table centrepiece that no one could hide behind. I took … Continue reading In a vase on Monday
I I liked this face in the crowd from the moment I saw him. We have fêtes here (at least three times a year), when we celebrate the past of this beautiful Renaissance village. This is one of the actors who performed in the street drama a couple of years ago. Face Continue reading Photo challege: Face 2
Bluebell woods. Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland Continue reading Wordless Wednesday
… and the critical technique for the washing of the face. My cat Ella is actually called Nigella. She was named because we thought her whiskery face resembled the stripey, feathery seedpods of Nigella damascena. The seed head photo was borrowed from a Pinterest site. Face Continue reading Photo Challenge: Face
I’m always a little intimidated by this meme. I love seeing other people’s vases, but the vase photography and the arrangement seems a little beyond me. Today I got a bee in my bonnet that I wanted to take part again. For me it’s about appreciating what’s in our garden at the moment (since I … Continue reading In a vase on Monday
I am waiting for the irises to bloom here. The buds are large and tempting. While waiting (and looking at irises on the blogs of other gardeners), I was reminded of a perfect iris collection that used to be only a bus and tram ride away from where I lived in Alsace. The pictures are … Continue reading The irises of Merian Gärten, Basel
Garden Dreaming at Châtillon 