Silent Sunday: carpet

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Ashridge Estate, Beech trees, blue, bluebell woods, Bluebells, carpet, Dockey Woods, Fagus sylvatica, National Trust, Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday: Hanami

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cherry blossom, Edo period, haiku poetry, Hanami, Japan, Matsuo Basho, Silent Sunday

(Cherry blossom gazing)

“how many, many things

they call to mind

these cherry-blossoms”

Matsuo Basho (1644 -1694)

Silent Sunday: Sakura

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blossom celebrations, cherry blossom, Japan, March, Sakura, Silent Sunday, Tokyo

Silent Sunday: blue

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blue, bulb time, hyacinths, March, scented flowers, Silent Sunday, Spring flowers

Silent Sunday: smiley faces

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March, Silent Sunday, smiley faces, violas

Silent Sunday: smokey

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bonfire, February, Silent Sunday, smokey, the Chilterns

Silent Sunday: old galvanised tub

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container planting, Erica, Hellebores, ivy, old galvanised tub, Silent Sunday, skimmia, violas

Silent Sunday: Chrysanthemums, Egon Schiele , 1910

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chrysanthemums, Egon Schiele, RA, Royal Academy of Art, Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday: a cold January morning

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English country garden, frost, January, Silent Sunday

Frosted fern

Silent Sunday: variegated Yucca in flower

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architectural plants, container planting, grown by me, in flower, pot grown, Silent Sunday, Spanish dagger, the Chilterns, variegated yucca, yucca