Today was what outdoor, stuff and nonsense types would call “a tad bracing”. It was what I would bloomin’ freezing but mercifully dry. So this made it the kind of day especially invented for a brisk stroll on the beach wrapped up like a plum pudding. All of this was undertaken on the strict proviso that aContinue reading “Mystery of the Goose Barnacles”
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More GPAP – Buzz
This photo was taken in June at the wonderful Holbrook Garden. You can almost hear the gentle buzz of bee and hum of hoverflies.
GPAP Again – The View
One morning last September, travelling to work on the grand estate of the dishonourable Lord and Lady Mantle, I pulled over to the side of the road and took this picture. Seeing it again reminds me of how lucky I am. In many ways. I hope I never take it for granted. If I ever do, IContinue reading “GPAP Again – The View”
GPAP – Lily of the Valley
I have heard many people gasp at the mention of Lily of the Valley, declaring that it is their all time favourite flower. Although I admire its delicate beauty and abundance I have never quite understood this enthusiasm. I imagined this attachment was merely sentimental, the nodding ivory bells evoking memories of a mother’s cherished bloom,Continue reading “GPAP – Lily of the Valley”
Another GPAP – Orangish
If there was a Desert Island Discs for trees (unlikely) and I was ever invited to be a guest on the programme (the odds are lengthening now) the crab apple would definitely be one of my chosen. Unbeatable blossom, fruit that is both beautiful and delicious (with a little culinary assistance), fine autumn colour and friendContinue reading “Another GPAP – Orangish”
The GPAP – Caltha palustris
Taking up the mantle of your horticultural physician, and in an attempt to cure your January Blues, I prescribe one Caltha palustris to be admired three times a day. This should be repeated until the symptoms disappear. Then once more for luck, you can never be too careful with maladies of such fortitude.
The GPAP – June
A click here and a click there and suddenly it is June and and the rodgersias are flowering!
The GPAP – Boat
Forgive me, today’s dip into the archive is singularly lacking in pretty flowers. In my defence I was gardening when I took this picture, no doubt doing some of my “deep thinking” whilst gazing Wales-ward on this bright October day. I spotted Peter, an elegant and intriguing gentleman who lives in the lime washed cottage by the sea wall, rowing outContinue reading “The GPAP – Boat”
The GPAP – Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘Andenken an Alma Potschke’
This Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘Andenken an Alma Potschke’ breaks several of my self-imposed rules of acquisition. In fact it not only breaks them, it grinds them into the dust with the heel of its steel tipped cowboy boot. This list (in no particular order and compiled after much soul-searching) includes but is not confined to the following: IContinue reading “The GPAP – Symphyotrichum novae-angliae ‘Andenken an Alma Potschke’”
The GPAP – Poised
This coral poppy is poised for action, perfect in its potential.
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