Six on Saturday – There Will Always Be Nasturtium

On the swingometer known as The British Weather, the arrow is apparently shifting to “mini-heatwave”. We should, however, put this into perspective. On a world scale, this is small beer, we are not talking high summer in Death Valley or even sub-Saharan spring. It is going to be a bit warm after being a bitContinue reading “Six on Saturday – There Will Always Be Nasturtium”

Six on Saturday – Here Comes the Rain

We wished for it and our hopes were answered. You can, however, have too much of a good thing. Enough rain now. Please. Have a nosey at our SoS leader’s site, Jim at Garden Ruminations, to find out if anyone else is acting like a spoilt brat. Shall we mosey on? This delicate umbellifer, ChaerophyllumContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Here Comes the Rain”

Six on Saturday – Awakenings

Well, this is more like it. Stuff seems to be happening in the garden. Good stuff. That, to me, is the definition of spring. Positivity. And don’t we need it?! Shoots and blossom and frogspawn are useful allies in reminding us of stronger forces. We need less reporting by mainstream media on the deluded andContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Awakenings”

Six on Saturday – Competition

On a day of bright sunshine, bluster and showers so shocking to make you chuckle, it was a minor challenge to get any decent photos. This makes me ponder as to what is the most important, Six on Saturday-wise, the shots or the words? The most important to me or to you? Words are moreContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Competition”

Six on Saturday – Whinge Free

No whinging this week, I promise. I’m too scared of Jude to try that lark again. Of course, she is quite right and I have given myself a serious talking to. And for once I actually listened. So, for one day only, which is all I can promise, all will be happy, upbeat and optimistic.Continue reading “Six on Saturday – Whinge Free”

Six on Saturday – Meagre

When does it get any easier? I’m finding Six on Saturday particularly tricky this year. Perhaps this is my floral equivalent of the hunger gap. In the scheme of things this problem is small fry and of course it can easily be remedied. I need to explore plant possibilities that will give me a littleContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Meagre”

Six on Saturday – Pinch Punch

Happy 1st of March to you all. For the optimists, debatably deluded on this frosty morning, this means spring has officially begun. For the pragmatists, we are still officially in winter until the 20th of this month. Naturally, I am in the former category, ready to be disheartened when the snow starts and all myContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Pinch Punch”

Six on Saturday – Cliché

Whatever you may have heard, I am not a fair weather SoSer. I have legitimate reasons for being absent for the past few weeks. They are: holiday, distraction, apathy. I’m here today with a rather unoriginal post, full of late winter clichés and repetition. It is hard this time of year, tricky to get outContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Cliché”

Six on Saturday – Getting There

This is the last January 2025 Six on Saturday. This, to us in the Northern Hemisphere, is almost universally a good thing. Obviously, I can’t speak for everyone. There might be people out there who love drab, damp, windy and decidedly chilly weather. Each to their own. For the rest of us, far, far onContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Getting There”

Six on Saturday – Reluctant

It is not getting any easier, this Six on Saturday lark. I was rather reluctant to venture out to take photos; a cold, soggy and dark garden is not the most enticing destination. However, I told myself that if there was a time when I should make the effort it was now and, not quiteContinue reading “Six on Saturday – Reluctant”