Monthly Archives: April 2015

A mixed bag for April.

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Pauline

One morning when I got up, the light in the garden was so beautiful, I decided to take some photos from the balcony, before going down to get the breakfast ready. The grass in the foreground, leads straight on to … Continue reading →

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Raindrops on roses.

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Pauline

At long last it is raining!  The garden and I are very happy because we have had at least a month without a drop of rain. We have more rain promised for tonight, the garden will be very pleased and … Continue reading →

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New shoots everywhere!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Pauline

All the new shoots bursting out all over the garden are the subject of this month’s Garden Bloggers Foliage Day hosted by Christina at My Hesperides Garden. Everywhere I look, there are wonderful new leaves to grab my attention, so … Continue reading →

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Playing truant!

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Pauline

We escaped for the day, one day last week, the weather was wonderful, hot and sunny, we decided to make the most of it and headed up the M5 motorway and the Devon link road to Knightshayes Court, a  house … Continue reading →

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Fritillary Fest!

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Pauline

In response to some of you lovely people saying that they would like to see more photos of the fritillaries in the woodland, here are a few that have been taken at different times over the last week. The first … Continue reading →

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April Flowers for GBBD.

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Pauline

More and more flowers are opening each day, making the garden very springlike. The weather has been beautiful since Easter, but last weekend was a lot colder, still sunny but colder. Because of the warmer weather, daffodils have been going … Continue reading →

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Woodland ephemerals.

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Pauline

When we bought this house 25 years ago, I had no idea how important the little bit of woodland would become to me as I made a garden here. To start with we had the ancient trees with lots of … Continue reading →

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Easter Monday sunshine.

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Pauline

The sunshine on Easter Monday tempted us out to our first garden visit of the year. Having looked at the National Garden Scheme website for Devon, we soon found a garden the other side of Exeter which appealed with Magnolias, … Continue reading →

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Temptation was too great!

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Pauline

Looking at all the snakeshead fritillaries which are opening each day in the woodland, I couldn’t hold back any more, the temptation to photograph them was too strong! To start with there was just a couple, …then a few more. … Continue reading →

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