Category: Signs of Spring

14 posts

In the Garden: A bees eye view

10 April 2012

Easter's been and gone; the seasonal reminder of new life and new beginnings whichever faith you practise. Spring seems to be racing ahead - catching ...
In the Garden: Dog's Tooth Violets (Erythronium dens-canis 'Pagoda')

22 March 2012

I wasn't sure whether to bother with any words today, should I just let the images speak for themselves? Also the footfall on the blog has been piteou...
More Bees .....

15 March 2012

I went to visit my bees today - the weather was perfect, still, warm, and sunny. This colony was a nucleus colony I had acquired late in August las...
In the Garden: The Birds and the Bees

11 March 2012

A Buff Tail Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris (probably a Queen) in my flowering Cherry Like most of you probably, I have spent a huge amount of time outs...
Friday Photo: In the pink

09 March 2012

Thought I would share a few images with you of things that are looking good in my garden at the moment. The Daphne smells amazing. The Cherry is my w...
Wordless Wednesday: Camellias in the Rain

30 March 2011
Wordless Wednesday: Violets

09 March 2011
Here come the Girls!

05 March 2011

Me and my new friends, the ex battery hens Well, so far so good. We installed them in their coop, and left the pop hole open this afternoon. It didn't...
Friday Photo: Hellebores

04 March 2011

Helleborus x hybridus syn. Helleborus orientalis Sorry for the silence, I have had a difficult few days. The iGit's Mum fell and broke her hip last F...
Friday Photo: It's raining

11 February 2011

Cyclamen coum
Wordy Wednesday:The Snowdrop

09 February 2011

Another attempt by me at a macro shot: Galanthus elwesii The Snowdrop Fear no more, thou timid Flower! Fear thou no more the winter's might, The whelm...
Friday Photo

04 February 2011

Galanthus nivalis 'Sam Arnott'
The Wishing Tree

03 February 2011

'Gung Hei Fat Choi!' she uttered in her best pinyin approximation to wishing you a Happy New Year! Today marks the beginning of The Year of the Rabbit...
Great Expectations.

31 January 2011

Taken this afternoon in my garden, one of several daffodils flowering surrounded by Herb Robert The sun shone today, and encouraged me from my gloom t...