Tag Archives: flowers
Weekly journal – 12th May 2024
This week has seen a few changes in both gardens – more flowers, more colour and for the most part a generally improving picture. In the front, we got rid of the box and the santolina next to it last … Continue reading
Weekly journal – 6th May 2024
Just a day late! I did take my photos yesterday but it was also our birthdays (yes, J and I have the same birthday) and we were out for a lot of the day, so I didn’t have time to … Continue reading
Weekly journal – 28th April 2024
Well, it’s been another cold and miserable week! Some warm sunshine occasionally but always with a cold breeze so it’s never properly spring-like. I would have liked to get some gardening done this weekend but the weather has been terrible. … Continue reading
Weekly journal – 14th April 2024
This week saw a distinct improvement in the weather, with lots of sunshine and much less rain – though still quite breezy at times. This morning after breakfast I did a bit of pottering – weeding, deadheading, and even went … Continue reading
Weekly journal, 17th March 2024
It’s been quite a week, even if we leave out the bit where J injured his back on Monday morning and has been off work ever since (physio suspects a slipped disc). Anyway, last weekend we talked ourselves into getting … Continue reading
Weekly journal – 10th March 2024
Today’s photos were taken in the pouring rain! There are some from earlier in the week as well, though. Today is Mothering Sunday, which has become Mothers’ Day here in the UK but was originally to do with your Mother … Continue reading
Weekly journal – 25th Feb 2024
It’s been quite a week here. Apart from all the garden stuff, we have had all sorts of kitchen shenanigans. Far too long and tedious and irrelevant to go into here, of course, but the outcome is that we have … Continue reading
Weekly journal – 11th Feb 2024
It all seems to be happening this week. Lots of buds and flowers are appearing which is encouraging, though everywhere is very wet indeed (thankfully we haven’t been affected by flooding but it has been bad elsewhere). I’ll get the … Continue reading
Other people’s gardens – Kenilworth Castle
It feels like ages since I did one of these posts! Yesterday J and I took Lola to visit Kenilworth Castle – J went there last year, I hadn’t been in well over 40 years, and we kept saying we … Continue reading
Mucking about with the camera
After taking the photos for Plant of the Week I decided to carry on taking assorted pictures with the macro converter as I haven’t played with it for a while. Slightly mixed results but n the whole a good selection … Continue reading
The Random Gardener 