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Thanks, girls. I was hoping to take the photo in the sun but by the time we had walked round to this path it had disappeared again!

 

I think these were here long before the houses were built, Kate.

On photo - More daffodils.

 

Thanks David!

 

Not seen the sea since the year before the lockdowns first began so it was nice to know it's still there & hasn't totally evaporated with the warming climate - yet! 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

A very nice walk, Julia! 👍

On blog - A new walk.

 

Lovely to see all your lovely Hellebore pictures, Sheila! 👍 I'd like to grow them on the balcony but the only time I had one it didn't last a year even! Probably because our balcony faces SW & therefore gets all the sun going from about 11am till it sets. During the summer it can get quite hot - too hot to be comfortable sometimes.

 

A beautiful looking bird, Klahanie! 👍 How lucky you were to be able to get such a great picture of it so close up! 👍

 

I suspect that most of us fed ducks with bread at least. I seem to remember doing so but I don't really remember if our kids did as well. Perhaps the few years they lived in the UK we may have done so but where we lived in Spain there were no water birds to feed.

We didn't know any better when we were kids - or perhaps even as young parents ourselves! we did what we always used to do when we were kids & probably our parents did the same when they were kids or young parents.

 

An unusual looking flower, Wylie! I've never seen it before but it's pretty though. 👍

On photo - Ferraria crispa

 

Some lovely Iris flowers, Janey. 👍

 

Karen, the flooding in the fields around here is dreadful. I don't think I have ever seen it so bad, yet the retail parks and the new housing estates continue to be built ... madness!

 

Little by little, that's how I'm gardening at the moment.

On photo - Hellebore

 

Oh, that's so funny about the Blackbird! Sadly, we rarely have any Blackbirds visit our garden, no doubt because the new neighbour's removed their nesting site which was a huge Bay tree ... :o(

 

Lovely to see the coast Shirley. We managed 30 minutes tidying in the garden this morning too, and then the blackbird joined in and made a mess … it’s what he does best 🙂.

 

According to records Klahanie, we have had the wettest February ever in the UK … far more rain than usual which we did notice! Hoping for warmer, drier weather in March.

In our old garden, the little Prunus meme had very pretty pinky-red flowers, but here the flowers are white. No explaining it. I certainly don’t expect fruit - in fact I have no memory of what made me grow it in the first place. Thank you for your comment. x

 

Lovely collection of hellebore Sheila.
We cannot grow apricot trees here unless they are under the roof. It's too wet here. I tried but it died. By the way, it is my favourite fruit. My friend grows successfully an espaliered peach tree under the overhanging roof of their barn.
Talking about wetness...it's raining right now.

 

Lovely sight.

 

Thank you Kate. I love to watch them "sailing" above the ocean.They love to feed on fish.

 

How lovely is that. I've just been outside to put some food out for them. At least you are getting going with the gardening. The main thing is don't do too much to start with. I went out and cut the old snowdrop flowers off the plants and cleared around the edges of the lawn as Gerry cut the grass.

On photo - Hellebore

 

Thank you Shirley, Rose and Lindak. It is very exposed but seems to resist the inclement weather.

On photo - Hebe 'Red Edge'

 

Very sensible Lindak.

 

Aw thanks, Karen! I'm definitely going to keep my fingers crossed! I hate to miss any of my 3 classes!
One of my friends does yoga at home too, I bet you feel pretty uplifted afterwards.

 

Looks and sounds lovely!!! Pity it only lasts a day, Wylie.

On photo - Ferraria crispa

 

We’ve had a glorious day too Shirley. The sense of relief at seeing daffodils in the sunshine is amazing! But the river is vey flooded at Salisbury and almost on to Southampton road. So I hope we have a dry spell now! It seems funny to be speaking as a fellow Southerner but I am loving it!

 

Nice walk Julia. We drove to Salisbury to get some things for the house. The river Avon is very flooded and it’s almost over on to the Southampton road. I hope we have a dry spell! It was a lovely drive though and we really enjoyed the roadside Daffodils in the sunshine!

On blog - A new walk.

 

I hope you make it to yoga Kate! I do my practice at home by myself, but I went to class for years.

 

That is a very pretty one!

 

That’s good! Beautiful day here today. Spring at last! We’ve been to Salisbury to get stuff for the house. Lovely car journey!

On blog - Scottish Spring.

 

Thank you x

On photo - Ferraria crispa

 

I do like to see underplanting of trees in the spring and summer.

On photo - More daffodils.

 

Looking good, Ange. Great to see spring colour nearby as well as in the garden.

 

Lovely to see them naturalised.

 

Thanks Lindak, I have managed to use a hand fork and trowel for an hour today to turn the compacted soil over.
A friend of mine has a Hedgehog in her garden now ... she's waited 5 years for one to use the box.

On photo - Hellebore

 

Thank you Rose, that would be amazing.

Thanks Kate for your generous comments!

 

Shirley is spot on there. You do post the most exotic, beautiful flowers, Wylie. Information is welcome on each of your plants too, I'm always learning!

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Must agree!!! So very pretty!!!!

On photo - Wildflower Meadow

 

You do have a really lovely collection there, Sheila!!! They are all very pretty, but, I'm liking pic 3 too..love the buttery colour!
Your sorbaria looks so pretty too, healthy as well. I'll bet you're so chuffed your apricot has blossomed!!!! I'd be too!!!

 

Sounds lovely! It's all really new and exciting!!!

 

Oh crikey!!! I did see some areas in the country were bring sprinkled or blanketed with snow.
Looks pretty, but, preferably in winter!! That's if we really want it then!!!!
We're okay here today, some light sunshine and pleasantly mild. Not as warm as Shirley's part of the country though.

 

Oh my!!!! That's a wonderful shot, Klahanie!!! A really majestic bird. Lucky you!!!! Thanks for sharing with us 😊

 

Thank you, Karen. I had a pretty busy day yesterday..Long day.
Today, I'm catching up and I've popped out to see what's emerging in the little back garden. Feels pleasant today, some sunshine and the wind has ceased.

On blog - Scottish Spring.

 

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Aw thanks, Rose!!! Another lovely message! Pleased you like this one too.

 

Thank you, Rose! That's kind. You've all got me thinking about this now!!!! ☺️

 

The hellebores are gorgeous Sheila.
It will be great to see if you get apricots this year.

 

Karen, now we have 12 degrees at noon with blue sky and sunshine ... at last!

 

Good grief Karen. None here in Hertfordshire, but a heavy frost ...

 

So pretty.

On photo - Hebe 'Red Edge'

 

We always give the geese and ducks grain.
When we were children, we used to feed the ducks and geese at our local park, but were supervised by mum.

 

This is a highly fragrant flower. To me it smells like honey and only lasts a day, but has a lot of flowers. It is in the South African Iridaceae family and is easy from seed sown in the fall and kept cool but not frosty.

On photo - Ferraria crispa