Water hawthorn.

Waft that lovely scent this way a bit more please! I wonder what other goodies you've got lurking under the duckweed too :)

Frogs,toads,all manner of pond life...and ...wait for it...newly disscovered..NEWT Gee !

sounds very nice BB

Thanks Hollyeves on warm evenings find I get rather peckish - reminds me so much of that vanilla essence it can be very heady at times.

Oh loving the new avatar a Holly blue perhaps ? judging by ours I would love it ..

lol... BB.....glad you like the avatar... yes its a holly blue from my garden....

lovely flower ray/jane, i have a stem on one of my soldiers and im sure there is a bud coming, would love a newt or two ;o))

Hi San....our soldiers have grown quite big and like you seems there are buds..cant wait to see it flower ! Pond now 3 years old and just seen one newt the other day !

hi jane,i thought i had a flower but the stem wasnt above water enough and then it dissapeared so hope that wasnt it lol, great you have a newt now, i noticed you have green water weed on top, does that come naturally as i have seen small bits which i think is this you have on top of water,

Lol San....those small bits were what we started with...must have come in with one of the plants a couple of years ago. When it gets too thick...by the way it grows real fast....we just scoop it out ! It helps to keep our water crystal clear so we were told. Funny to see the frogs pop up with it clinging to their heads ! Lol

sounds beautiful Jane

It is Eileen...so funny...like their wearing little green hats ! Lol

lol jane, it must have come with water soldiers then, will keep it in check ;o))

Like I need to do in this pic ? Ooops ! Lol !

lol jane ;o))

Smashing photo Ray, yes would love some of that fragarance. Has a cool look about it against our parched surroundings.

Thanks Drb ..yes easy to forget just how dry its been since all that snow , we ve had quite a few moorland fires .

Perhaps Jane will now let me thin some of that duck weed now they ve gone ..

Sorry Ray, forgot to press the I like button, have put that right.

No worries Drb .. Jane forgot where the like button on me was years ago .. lol

Ha! Ha! Ray, although I'm sure it's not true.

Aye perhaps a little harsh .. just so long as I know its animals birds plants then me perhaps thats why I love this fragrance reminds me of food !

I love vanilla so this must be a rather pleasing scent to be around. Lucky you!

Gosh Ray, your'e lucky to come fourth. I'm usually a poor last.

Hi Folks, this is lovely. Does it survive the Winter Jane/Ray?

Aye OB it only takes a few flowers to get quite an intense fragrance.

Fourth Drb ? You seen how many birds and animals we get and when the young arrive well forget it ..

Hi Dawn yes its fully hardy and can be left in pond year round.Its water hyacinth thats not hardy.

Oh yes, I must have been thinking of water hyacinths. Sounds like they'd be good for me then. :-)

The fragrance is lovely Dawn...........

Worth having then :-) Another on the WishList, lol

Thought you were having fish and chips not vanilla lol its pretty and would love to be able to smell it.

Aye Dawn given the size of your pond / lake you might need a few .. if you have a bottle of vanilla essence Sixpence its almost same aroma .

Yes it was fish and chips with mushy peas of course tonight.

No I have nt got a bottle lol, I know it was fish chips plus your mussy peas my favourite a birdy told me he he he

You lot are making me hungry. Could just eat fish, chips, peas and a slice of buttered bread, yum.
I love the vanilla aroma Ray/Jane.

Mm chip butties .. lovely that little birdy has a big mouth .. dont they all ?

I can't believe you have said that shame on you lol

Me neither but she hasnt seen it yet so think I m safe .. unless of course another little birdy tells her ..

I won't say a word good luck is what I say. I would kill you if it was me hahaha

I dont doubt that for a minute Sixpence ..erm I wasnt referring to ladies in general I was talking about little birdies who open their mouths wide ..time to go Jane wants to check what I ve been up to lol

hahaha ok we ll let you off hehe

LOL !

:o))