• About

digwithdorris.com

digwithdorris.com

Tag Archives: Saturday smile

Saturday smile: berry nice

11 Saturday Nov 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

bit of a bruiser, orange berries, pyracantha, Saturday smile, thorny

Pyracantha firethorn

Pyracantha may not be the most exciting of plants. To be honest it’s a bit of a bruiser of a bush. It is a thorny brute that will not think twice about shredding my skin should I dare to approach with my snips / secateurs. 

Yet when I see Pyracantha at this time of year, trained around a gate like this in a local park, I forget what a thug it is and instead stop to admire its generous display of berries.

My Saturday smile for this weekend. I hope you are enjoying yours. D.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile: sunlight

14 Saturday Oct 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 11 Comments

Tags

Autumn, birds in flight, Saturday smile

A warm October day is promised. Hoorah. This is the early sunlight illuminating grasses in my garden this morning. 

If you look carefully you should be able to see birds in flight, as if forming an orderly queue, heading to the reservoirs nearby. Canada geese perhaps? 

Enjoy your day, no matter what you may be doing. 

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile

01 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Rose, Saturday smile

Sometimes it’s just a little flower that makes me smile.  

This sweetly scented rose is flowering for a second time. I do not know her name as she was by the gate when we moved here. The gate must have saved her from the goats! 

I hope she makes you smile too.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile: 29/7/17

29 Saturday Jul 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

agapanthus, Hydrangea paniculata limelight, Saturday smile, Shasta Daisy, summer flowers

The sun appeared briefly, illuminating the whites. 

Shasta daisies and Hydrangea paniculata Limelight

These are growing nicely in the gravel previously used for parking. Another white catching my eye is a single Agapanthus. 

No idea what happened to the rest of them. Such is gardening. Oh well there’s always next year!

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile: Summer

08 Saturday Jul 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

allium, Allium sphaerocephalon, euphorbia griffithii Dixter, Helenium Moorheim Beauty, Hydrangea paniculata limelight, Leucanthemum x superbum, Rose "Lark Ascending", Saturday smile, Shasta Daisy, Verbena bonariensis

This Summer is showing itself to be, dare I say it, good. Warm, dry and sunny. The garden this morning looked rather nice in the slightly cooler air and before the direct sun hit. 

Rose Lark Ascending 

Euphorbia Griffithii Dixter and drumstick Allium Sphaerocephalon


Hemerocallis and Helenium Moorheim Beauty, Verbena bonariensis 


Hydrangea paniculata Limelight, Box and Shasta daisies, Leucanthemum x superbum 

Whatever is making you smile today, enjoy it. 

Right I am off to paint yet more wood. More about that another day as it is not making me smile. 

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile: 17/6/17

17 Saturday Jun 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

David austin rose, Rose Morning Mist, Saturday smile, summertime

A glorious Summer’s day today. Stupendous rose. 

Are you wearing your Saturday smile? I am. D. 

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile: the palest pink to the richest orange

22 Saturday Apr 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

apple blossom, Saturday smile, Tulip Apricot Beauty, Tulip Ballerina, tulip Brown Sugar, tulip Comet, tulip Graceland, tulip LaBelle Epoque, tulips

Apple blossom is covering the tree this year and it looks fabulous against the blue sky. I am a little fearful for the damage risk, posed by the forecast of cooler temperatures next week, but we cannot control the weather, can we.


We shall just have to enjoy it while we can. Another palest white with pink/ purple margins are these tulips

Named  Graceland they are part of a lovely mix of tulips with so called ‘Apricot Beauty’ and ‘La Belle Époque ‘.  Planted lasagne style they have not disappointed.

Close up La Belle Époque are very beautiful

Even their insides are attractive 


I am so pleased with these. 

I also planted a ‘scented’ mix of tulips.  Surprisingly to me they actually do what they say i.e. they smell. The colours are strong and rich, the scent rather similar to freesias. 




An eye catching bunch that are making me smile today. Enjoy your weekend.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile: hairs

08 Saturday Apr 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

geraium, pelargonium tomentosum, Saturday smile, scented leaf geranium, spring sunshine

Today the weather reached perhaps 20 degrees, lovely.  For April that is rather unseasonal and unexpected even. If, like me, you have yet to dust off your Summer wear, the prospect of showing the world your bare legs is well, too much to bear.

The tender pelargoniums were put outside this morning and when I looked this evening I noticed Pelargonium Tomentosum was suffering the same issue.

Mind you those hairs are what makes the leaves so tactile, soft like pet ears, unlike the legs. 

I hope this made you smile. D.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile

01 Saturday Apr 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

camellia, pink, Saturday smile, Spring flowers

When someone we love is poorly it is hard to find something to smile about. This camellia is working hard to make me smile. 

Look at the petals covering the floor


Now for the close up

Pretty pink. Enjoy your weekend. D.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...

Saturday smile

25 Saturday Mar 2017

Posted by digwithdorris in Saturday smile

≈ 8 Comments

Tags

chaemoneles jet trail, clematis armandii, quince, Saturday smile

The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the clocks go forward tonight, what more do we need to make us smile, not a lot I think.

 

Clematis armandii  

Quince, Chaenomeles ‘Jet Trail’


Primroses, Primula Gold Lace

Make the most of this Spring weather.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pocket

Like this:

Like Loading...
← Older posts
Newer posts →

Blogs I Follow

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 307 other subscribers

No Instagram images were found.

in the press

  • 52 Week Photo Challenge
  • 52 week photo challenge
  • a week of flowers
  • Before and After
  • Christmas
  • Christmas decorations
  • Colour
  • End of month view
  • Garden Visits
  • in a vase on Monday
  • Plant Nurseries
  • press this: other blogs
  • Saturday smile
  • Silent Sunday
  • six on saturday
  • Thank goodness it's Friday
  • The nag list/ jobs to do
  • Top ten blooms
  • Tuesday View
  • Uncategorized
  • Wordless Wednesday

Instagram

No Instagram images were found.

Blog at WordPress.com.

Outer Isles Gardening

Gardening in a Gale

We are out in the garden ...

Living life in the countryside - growing flowers in Warwickshire

One Man And His Garden Trowel

There's always room for one more plant.

Nature Journeys

clover and ivy

County Gardening

Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Pádraig de Búrca - Grow Write Repeat

Glebe House Garden

My week to week gardening diary

Karen Pezzimenti Photography

Gardens at Coppertop

learning, growing, and learning more -- life on the Olympic Peninsula

Piglet in Portugal

A Creative Spirit in Portugal

Hairbells and Maples

Gardening, exploring, photography, Six on Saturday

  • Follow Following
    • digwithdorris.com
    • Join 307 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • digwithdorris.com
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.

    %d bloggers like this: