up close and personal

Very true Sandra beautiful pics as well. Just what I do after I been out shopping at mainly garden centres etc :-)

thanx Gina glad you liked the pics ;o))

y/w cant wait for my flowers to show lol

Lovely photos Sandra, so good to see everything blooming away at last. : o )

they will Gina ;o))
thanx shirley its a great feeling isnt it ;o))

Beautiful pictures Sandra, especially like Brunnea Jack Frost the foilage is as attractive as the pretty little flowers and Dicentra is also one of my favourites!

thanx carole glad you liked them, i love Dicentra to and love my little jack frost ;o))

lovely pics sandra....... after ive woken up in the morning i always have a walk round the garden to see what the plants are doing.... its great to see so much growing now isnt it.........

thanx holly its a great feeling when your garden comes to life, and all this sunshine makes it even better, cant wait for weekend when i finish work ;o))

Lovely photos every thing coming along beautiful....

Like your blog very much Sandra, I love every single one of my plants, I appreciate them so much, this is why I seem to take the same picture over and over again, they change shape on a daily basis, that prompts me to take pictures, everytime I look, they look more beautiful daily. I am in awe of the beauty of all garden plants.

thanx carol, i could live outside in summer, we miss so much at night sleeping haha
thankyou so much michaella glad you liked my blog and im the same i keep repeating pics but your right they change all the time like us really ;o))

Your garden is lovely Sanbaz! You could always get floodlights fitted.....:o)

i do have lights Dylandog lol, having some more near my pond to ;o)) a tent and i will be happy hahah

Lovely photos Sanbaz I have the red Quince ?( second photo ) as well,for the first time I have buds on my lilac tree cant wait to see it in flower.

i love lilac to mavis the scent is beautifull and such pretty flowers ;o))

Well no need for sleep then...lol.

Love all the pics Sandra especially the Quince, but I`m sad because I`ve lost my bleeding heart !!!!!!!!!. Looks as if Jack Frost got it.

Lovely show of colour San...

lol Dylandog ;o)
stroller sorry you lost your bleeding heart, mine is very sheltered between other plants and also the raised boder helps i think , i was temped to get a white one the other day but went for the acer instead ;o))
thanx potty, its the first time for tiny catkins on my salix which look lovely, not sure when it turns pink though, it was when i bourght it last year ;o)

Isn't there a song that goes 'Everything is beautiful in it's own way' I can't remember who sang it.
Well you certainly have beautiful plants and flowers in your garden Sandra :o) Thanks for showing them

ray stevens and also willie nelson sang it hywel ;o)) glad you like my flowers to hywel ;o))

Is that the song "Everything is beautiful in its own way, like a starry summer night, or a snow covered Winters day" ? Why do I know that ?.. lol

Yes that's the song . Thanks both :o)

Your plants are lovely,San,and the pics are really good,. the colours are beautiful.I love them all.A great time of year...

cheers sandra so glad you like them, i love this time of year to, ive had to water my garden with all this sunny weather every day for last week with having new plants around my pond,

Fabo Fotos :0)))

cheers val.. glad you like them ;o))

Have you got a special camera San cos mine never turn out like yours ?

i have a fuji fine pix val i got off ebay really cheap, second hand, its got a good zoom for birds and also has macro for close shots, then i clip the pics after on windows photo gallery,, i love photography as much as my garden ;o)

Spot on Sandra..Everything is beautiful..in its own way...Thats what I say when I see a baby wood pigeon...Lol...

lol,thanx so much ray,, im sure we have a baby pigeon,, comman one,, it looked smaller than the others and light markings,, was folowing two other pigeons about today,

The baby wood pigeons have huge beaks...so "ugly" they are beautiful Sandra...if you know what I mean.....think baby anything is lovely !!

yes i know what you mean,, i always try to see something beautifull in everything ,, and thats what makes us and all in nature indivigual,, even if the beauty is on the inside its still there ray ;o))

We know what you mean Ray .. :o)

Your photos are beautiful San as are all your flowers , where would we be without them , what a dull world it would be ........

thanx amy i couldnt imagine not having a garden with flowers, baz said he could live in a nice flat when we are older but not for me, ive been in a flat before and felt like a caged animal,,

I would to San , I couldn't imagine not walking round outside in my own little space ......

never,,, i will have a hunky gardener first lol

I would to San , I couldn't imagine not walking round outside in my own little space ......

amy have you had a senior moment there haah, repeating yourself

I could imagine walking around my own little space with a big hunky gardener! LOL

Why has that come up twice ??

That's a brill idea San .. . one that is able to rub suntan oil on and bring drinks ...lol...

I think my comp . is getting tired San , we need that gardener to help out ..LOL...

me to val lol ;o))
oh amy wouldnt that be heaven,,, Doh! just woke up and saw baz hahaha

lol amy,,,

Did the bubble burst San ..LOL...

it sure did amy lol,,

LOL... :o))

Stunning pics San.....very impressive. particularly taken with the pansies. The Jack Frost is okay as well, if you like that sort of thing...!! lol

Looking better than mine I think....will get a pic when I'm onan early on Saturday:0)

You're right as well, we do take beauty for granted. Ali does it all the time with me:0)

lol Dan made me laugh, glad you quite like them haha ;o))

hope you have a lovely weekend...........

Lovely photos really sharp well done and everything is coming along nicely x

cheers holly, you to ;o))
glad you like them angie cant wait to finish work tomoz lunchtime to get my lawn cut for the first time this year, taken ages to dry out properly x

lovely photos of beautiful plants. Why havent i got so much colour in my garden?

Just come in from mowing my lawn for the first time this year. Have to wait a couple of days now to put on the weed and feed!

thanx graeme im sure you soon will have when you get going, i look out and think that sometimes, its only when you go round taking pictures you realise the colour is there as some plants have small flowers on them, just done my lawn to today, done my grass raking which is such hard work, then got my weed and feed on to, not stopped today till now, went to work first, now ive sat i dont want to move lol

i get up in the morning and walk round the garden too in me jammies lol coffee in hand and i talk to anything that needs jigging along as well. does any one else talk to there plants lol

i do the same as you cristina, pj`s cuppa tea and ciggy im afaraid to say haha

lovely pictures, i have always said every flower is unique in its own right, especilly if you look at them closely, yes best time of the day early morning in the garden, its one of the joys of life where everthing is real and you can be at peace with ones self.

thanx julien your right about morning,, so at peace, welcome from me ;o))

You`re right Sandra, you just have to look at them more closely. One of my customers told me that she also called Dicentra "Ladies in the bath" because if you take off one of the flowers and pull the two sides apart it looks just like a lady sitting in the tub...lol! :o)

lol your right my old neighbour used to call them by that name to hahha

great pictures, I can't think of a single plant that I don't like ;)

thanx for your kind comment grindle ;o)

good morning san

what type of clematis is that quite like its colour and shape

cheers davey

hi davey its a clematis constance, there is another pic of it showing inside in my pics, they are lovely, just bourght another clematis today, white one called arctic queen, which is a double ,cant wait for that to flower ;o)

i grew a clematis last year in same area as my flowering cherry but it died and after some reading i found out cherrys only tolerate certain plants aroung their feet

:-)

really davey, didnt know that, learn something new all the time on here, they like cool feet to, so if you plant one in sunny possition always shade their feet with a smaller plant or some bark or similar,hope your going to try again they are so pretty ;o)

just type in plants to suit beside cherry trees in GOOGLE and lots of sites come up

really, will check that out

do it sans lots of info ive gathered even found stockists of designer sling backed wellies ( flori is wanting a pair) hahahah

lol not sure about them davey ;o)

Fabulous photos, lovely to see all the plants looking so healthy and colourful.

cheers katnip ;o))

Wonderful,wonderful blog and picts San,your garden is looking a treat my friend! :~))x

hi flori and thanx for your kind comments, it just looks so different now summer on its way and my pond,, well i love it ;o)) x

I would never have wished the heartache on you my friend,but isn't it great to stand back and appreciate the results? You and Baz have worked so hard for this,you deserve every complement that comes your way!! :~))x

aww thats so kind flori, it makes it all seem worth while when everyone says nice things ;o)) x

Lovely close up pics Sandra! the dicentra in pic 1 never fails to please does it, fascinating!

Hope you've enjoyed this lovely spring weather!

thanx mick its twice the size it was last year and looks stunning when i look down the garden, even baz comented which is a first being a none gardener lol,im loving th espring weather but all set to change for weekend ;o(( of no, well i surpose i could do housework hahah