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The view from my kitchen window

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It changes all the time.

This calendula marigold has selfseeded on the front drive, i must do some weeding!

Ollie, nice and comfy.

Spring is my favourite time of the year :-))

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Hi Mavis ..
Lots of lovely views ... Plenty of variety there.
I can imagine how it changes with the seasons...
Nice bright little marigold !
Ollie looks very cuddly :o)

10 Apr, 2012

 

Yes Ollie looks so comfy, and you have some nice colour in you garden :)

10 Apr, 2012

 

Thank's Terratoonie and Cmsue, Ollie has a knack of finding the most comfy of spot's usually as close to me as possible!I am really pleased with my garden :-))

10 Apr, 2012

 

And my fav time aswell :o)
Ollie looks snug lol
Nice to see all the plants coming back in your garden

10 Apr, 2012

 

Spring has sprung in your garden, looking good.....

10 Apr, 2012

 

Really blooming for you and looking great:))) - like whatever it is growing around the slabs pic 2 :)))))))))))))))

Also my fav time of year :)))))

11 Apr, 2012

 

I love the spring too, its amazing how those wee little plants survive the winter isnt it? Your garden is looking lovely Mavis.

11 Apr, 2012

 

It's Dicentra( Bleeding Heart ) Paul, I have three of these my newest one is a lovely off white:-))

11 Apr, 2012

 

Everything is looking very healthy and hardy ~ its great to stand at the kitchen window and see all your efforts coming to fruision and Ollie and found a good spot for a snooze :o)))).

11 Apr, 2012

 

Hi Mavis I Meant the low growing foliage around the slabs - looks like yellow flowers on it - I love dicentra - have a fair bit too :))))))))))

11 Apr, 2012

 

I see ,it is not the plant's around the black pole it is further back, I will have a look tommorow as it is a bit to dark now.I have been a bit off colour today otherwise I would have looked earlier for you. :-))

11 Apr, 2012

 

:)))))))))))))))))))))))

12 Apr, 2012

 

Hi Paul, just been out and had a look I can't see any yellow plant,s there. There are some dying leave's which look yellowish, and in the grey bucket I have a houseleek, hope this help's :-))

12 Apr, 2012

 

Your garden looks great, Mavis, and Ollie looks very comfortable. You've much more colur than I have at the moment. My marigolds are still tiny seedlings in the greenhouse :)

12 Apr, 2012

 

The Marigold's have been around for a couple of year's now Gee, they started off as young plant's,they just self seed all over ,I certainly got my money's worth out of them.There is still gap's without spring colour but I am going to get some more bulb's (Bluebells and Grape Hyacinth) for next spring:-))

13 Apr, 2012

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