Friday fancies

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Cercis canadensis, Colour, favourite things, Forest pansy, friday flowers, pink

Flowers on the Cercis canadensis

And cobwebs

Somewhere over the rainbow….

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Colour, February, my garden, Photograph by Daughter Dorris, rainbow, somewhere, today

This afternoon

Wordless Wednesday: flame like foliage

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Cercis canadensis, Colour, foliage, Forest pansy, November, wordless wednesday

Silent Sunday: Busy bees

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busy bees, Colour, in the garden today, June, play video to see the bees, Silent Sunday

Friday frou-frou: 4 May 2018

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Colour, May, ornamental cherry blossom, pink, Sakura, Spring, Thank goodness it's Friday

Pink blossom, hopelessly romantic?

Or sickly sweet like candy floss?

Whatever you think, and I find them far too frou-frou, I reckon we all cannot fail but to be impressed by this sight against a blue sky.

Finally a fine weekend is forecast, which will make a pleasant change, especially for a bank holiday weekend. Be sure to spend as much time as possible outside, that’s certainly my plan. D.

Wordless wonder (as missed Wednesday)

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as far as the eye can see, Ashridge Estate, Bluebells, British wild flowers, Colour, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, woodland beauty, wordless wednesday

Tuesday 7/2/17: yellow

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Colour, Eranthis hyemalis, winter aconite, yellow

Yellow. Generally yellow is not a colour I favour. Today however I saw a yellow carpet which I was rather taken with. 

How lovely. On closer inspection those little buttercup type flowers were really soaked after the heavy rain yesterday.

And then the sun appeared. 

Perhaps this note should just read ‘Stop the press: Spring is on its way.’

Still life Saturday

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apothecary bottle, brown, Colour, letterpress, pods, seeds, still life Saturday

 

 

Pods, seeds and letterpress

The weather this last week has really taken any residual Summer colour or softness from the garden.  What is left is brown, rather like this arrangement.

I hope you find some colour in your day.

Friday colour

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autumncolour, Colour, cotinus coggygria Royal Purple, smoke bush

This is the foliage of Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ or Smoke bush showing its Autumn colour. 

Who would not want to make room for this shrub. It likes a sunny position in moist but free draining soil and will reach up to about 5 m. The leaves are a rounded shape, deep rich purple in colour, reaching up to 10cm long. In Summer it has fluffy plumes that from a distance, resemble smoke, so pretty. 

Have a good weekend.

Blocked drain, acceptable?

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autumn leaves, blocked drain, Colour, no wipes here, parthenosissus quinquefolia, pinks and reds, Virginia Creeper