Joining in once again with the Scavenger Photo Hunt organised by
by Kate at 'I live, I love, I craft, I am me' blog.
The word prompts for June are - yellow, starts with a 't', lilac starts with a 'g', silver, own choice.
Yellow - Yellow Loosestrife by the lake at Trentham Gardens in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
Starts with a 't' - a tunnel next to the Knot Garden created by climbing plants and shrubs at Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire.
Lilac - Lilacs in May but not in June but I think I can spot a few wildflowers in the photo above that have a lilac hue.
Starts with a 'g' - Greater Butterfly Orchid in the meadow at RSPB Coombes Valley
Silver - a new fairy at Trentham Gardens this one is called Dancing with Dandelions and she rotates in the breeze.
Own choice - Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire where we attended Piva's midsummer concert of Tudor Music. We sat outside in the courtyard as the sun set and martins and swallows swooped and dived overhead. It was quite magical.
Love the statute in Trentham Gardens I will have to make the effort to visit them.
ReplyDeleteThank you. There are quite a few of the fairy statues dotted around the garden, bronze bird and animal ones too at the moment:)
DeleteI have ALWAYS wanted to see dancing with dandelions by robin wight - lovely, you lucky thing! The Greater Butterfly orchid looks so intricate! thank you for joining in x
ReplyDeleteThank you. We didn't know the Dancing with Dandelions was there we just happened to spot it. It seems it is just there for a short while. I think most of the fairies in the grounds are by Robin Wright but there are some dandelions near the lake by his daughter. They are enchanting aren't they?:)
DeleteLove your photos; the orchid was a good find. We have lots of common orchids in our fields which is good but nothing exotic like yours. I think I want that Dancing with Dandelions installation....
ReplyDeleteThank you, the meadow was full of orchids. The fairy is lovely isn't it? I loved the way it twisted and turned in the breeze:)
DeleteHi Rosie, Oh such lovely gardens on a summers day .The favourite has to be the wildlower meadow just so pretty.However I like the others love the Dancing with Dandelions too. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Barb, it all seems to be about gardens and meadows this summer everything is so lovely at the moment isn't it?:)
DeleteI've just looked at a video of Dancing with Dandelions. It is beautiful, so delicate. I think it is my favourite though the wild flower meadow was gorgeous too.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found the link - yes it is lovely isn't it?:)
DeleteI really love the wild flower meadow, the colours are gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteThe colours are wonderful aren't they?:)
DeleteGreat photos. Love the dancing with dandelions
ReplyDeleteJulie xxxxxx
It is quite special isn't it?:)
DeleteI think I would love the sculptures at Trentham Gardens.
ReplyDeleteArilx
Thank you Aril, the sculptures are wonderful both fairies and animals but I think the rotating fatry is only on loan for a short time:)
DeleteLove your wildflowers pic and Dancing with Dandelions is beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteAlways wondered what those yellow flowers were really called. I thought they were called Cornflake flowers when I was a child.x
Thanks shazza. How lovely - cornflake flowers, the name suits them:)
DeleteOh how beautiful... All your photos are.
ReplyDeleteEspecially love the Fantasy Wire Sculpture... :-)))) I believe I have seen these before. Magic!!!!
And the outside concert sounds as if it was very magical, also.
Your comment on my blog post... So sorry to hear that the heat is having such a hard effect over there. Leaves falling... Sigh...
Thank you. We were sitting under the tulip tree the only shade in the garden and the leaves are curling, drying and falling off in places such a shame. The midsummer concert was magical:)
DeleteA lovely selection of snaps you have shared. I'm really enjoying my first scavenger hunt this month.
ReplyDeleteThe silver one is fabulous, might have to go to Trentham Gardens to see it myself.
Glad you have enjoyed joining in Julie, hope you can get to see the fairies at Trentham some are permanent but this rotating one is just there for a short while I think:)
DeleteHi Rosie, all the pictures are beautiful, but I would like to see the fairy dancing with the dandelions !
ReplyDeleteCheers, Sandra
Thank you Sandra, glad you enjoyed all the photos. The fairy is lovely but will be quite still I think in this dry, breezeless heat:)
DeleteHello Rosie, what a wonderful garden to visit, must have been a beautiful day!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a lovely day,
Best regards,
Ida
Hello Ida, thank you for visiting, we had a lovely time at the concert and around the garden:)
DeleteGreat set of photos - I love the fairy -she is so elegant... and the wild orchid, gorgeous. They're all so atmospheric. It's very special to go to a classical outdoors isn't it, and Little Moreton Hall looks the perfect setting.
ReplyDeleteThe wild orchids were wonderful in the meadow. The concert was wonderful such a lovely setting for the Tudor age music:)
DeleteA lovely set of photos. Would so love to go to Moreton Hall - it is on my list of places to visit! Thanks so much for naming the Yellow Loosestrife = we have that in the garden and I have not previously been able to put a name to it!
ReplyDeleteThe wildflowers are so very colourful and I love the "Dancing with Dandelion" sculpture - it is so very magical :)
Thank you RR, Little Moreton is magical in all seasons but that evening was lovely, Tudor music in a Tudor setting, it was a treat for Paul's birthday:)
DeleteThank you so much for sharing your gorgeous photos, my favourite has to be the fairy at Trentham Garden especially as part of my family came to New Zealand from Stoke on Trent five generations ago.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I wonder if your family worked in the pottery industry? The fairy is wonderful isn't it?:)
DeleteYes, they were potters and continued in that line as brick makers in NZ but only the first generation.
DeleteIt's great to know what your ancestors did and where they came from. I'm not local to Stoke on Trent but am fascinated by its history. My ancestors were mostly Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire miners with the occasional saddle maker, tailor, butter and cheese maker and brass founder thrown in to the mix:)
DeleteYour flower photos are lovely, but what really captured my imagination was the silver fairy with dandelion seedhead. It's amazing! Thanks for sharing & take care.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, everyone seems to like the fairy, it is lovely isn't it?:)
DeleteA lovely collection! I like the wildflowers best I think! I never even though of the orchids beginning with G!
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise. The wildflowers are lovely at the moment:)
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