Yearly Archives: 2018
When Emma meets The Beast from the East!
When the storm coming north from Portugal, that has been named Emma, met the mass of cold air from Siberia, which was called The Beast from the East, we all knew we were in for a bad few days. They … Continue reading
Stunning Sunrise.
When filling the bird feeders this morning at 7.30am, I looked up and this is what I saw…..
Hellebores for the bees.
At this time of year the snowdrops are the main flower in the garden, spreading nicely under all the trees and shrubs. But they are not in the garden by themselves, forming splashes of colour amongst them are the hellebores … Continue reading
February’s bonanza GBBD.
Normally I take my photos for bloom Day on the previous day, but yesterday we had non stop torrential rain of biblical proportions, I was almost ordering my ark! Thank goodness today is dry and sunny so I was able … Continue reading
Just a sprinkling.
When I woke up this morning, I was very surprised to find that it was white everywhere. Just a sprinkling, but very crisp, we must have had a hard frost after the snow had finished. Snowdrops and hellebores had collapsed … Continue reading
A Bit of Retail Therapy.
Having got my gardening mojo back at last, I felt the need of a bit of retail therapy! I took myself off to my local garden centre, Otter Nurseries, to see what they had on offer and found lots of … Continue reading
The sun shone for the snowdrops!
The forecast for yesterday was good, sunny but cold with the wind coming straight from the Arctic! I made some biscuits, baked a cake, bought some chocolate biscuits, hoovered, dusted and cleaned the loo, then sat back and waited for … Continue reading
The birds flew in 2 by 2.
This weekend was the time for the Great British Birdwatch where we were asked to note down all the birds that we see at one time, in the space of one hour. They came in two’s, three’s and more, it … Continue reading
It’s not just snowdrops that brave the weather.
It’s not all about snowdrops at the moment. All of a sudden I noticed a patch of colour on the raised bed in the back garden, tiny Iris reticulata were flowering in spite of the gale howling through the trees … Continue reading
The woodland is changing to white.
Yes, the woodland floor is becoming more white as the days go by and it certainly isn’t with snow. The special snowdrops are definitely a lot earlier than in previous years and even the wild ones are almost ready to … Continue reading