The sun is out and the sky is blue, there is a gentle breeze and butterflies are flitting hither and thither in ones and twos, too quick to spot what they are.
The sounds of life going on are all around. Lawns are being mown. It's wheelie bin day. We went to the front of the house, by he side gate, to say thank you, the smile told us how much those two words were appreciated.
Meanwhile, in the garden, flowers and blossom are curling and unfurling.
Blossom on the plum tree.
So white and delicate, I hope the breeze doesn't blow the petals away.
Spirea Argua or Bridal Wreath
One of my favourite plants in the garden. We have one at the front of the house and one at the back.
Pieris Japonica
Muscari or Grape Hyacinth
Pulmonaria or Lungwort
Peony
Wild Garlic or Ramsons
Aquilegia or Granny's Bonnet
Euphorbia or Spurge
Blue Borage
Lily of the Valley will soon unfurl and reveal their dainty white flowers.
In the garden it seems like a normal Spring day, beyond the garden gate I know it isn't. New rhythms of life and routines are taking over, life is slowing down as we linger over tasks in the house and garden. I hope you are all okay.
Stay safe.
In the garden it seems like a normal Spring day, beyond the garden gate I know it isn't. New rhythms of life and routines are taking over, life is slowing down as we linger over tasks in the house and garden. I hope you are all okay.
Stay safe.
Beautiful photos of in your garden Rosie. It is eerily normal in the garden isn't it? The only difference is the heightened sound of nature with the bees buzzing. I can almost hear the grass growing! Hope you have some lovely days enjoying your little piece of Eden. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone. Lots of bees buzzing today as I cleared an area of weeds. tweeting of birds too. Paul has been working on a netting covered frame for the vegetable garden:)
DeleteThere's lots going on in your garden :)
ReplyDeleteThere is at the moment, birds, flowers, bees and butterflies:)
DeleteLovely photos of your beautiful garden Rosie. Everything does seem so normal out in the garden as the cycles of nature continue. Spirea is out here too as is pulmonaria but my plants don't look as healthy as yours. OH was saying the other day that our perennial bed and plants are suffering really badly as the neighbout has conifers just over the fence and the roots are penetrating right through our bed :( It is the same the other side of the garden too as that neighbour has conifers right by the boundary but that border has mainly shrubs which don't seem to suffer as much. Stay safe and well.
ReplyDeleteThank you RR. I love the Spirea, I love the white curving stems. The pulmonaria has been joined by violets and forget-me-not so suddenly the garden has a blue tinge to it. We took the leylandi out at the top of our garden but they are still down the side in our neighbour's garden so we can't plant much on that side, the other side with the fence is a lot lighter. The holly hedge across the top of the garden is a wonderful haven for the birds:)
DeleteWe have just one small leylandi which OH prunes and a couple of miniature ones. We have two or three hollies but your holly hedge sounds wonderful. OH tried to grow a native hedge between the mini woodland at the top of the garden and the back fence but it has never really got going - too shady I think with the fence and trees. We do have hawthorns though and a lot of shrubs all up the right-hand side of the garden as there is only a chicken wire fence that side about a foot high! That side is the neighbour's "responsibility" - we have fenced "our side" of the garden. Have a lovely Easter.
DeleteThe leylandi at the top of our grden where there when we bought the house but over the twenty odd years we have lived here they got enourmous even when we had them reduced a couple of times so we decided to have them all out, They ran up to one side of the holly hedge and the rest of it was behind them growing over into the school nature area so the branches are being trained back, it's a long process. The fence we had put in recently is on the 'our' responsibility side so the other side is beyond out control although we do alow their gardeners access to trim their side when needed as that is the side where both neighbours, now one, are ill and unable to garden. I must admit that the garden is getting too big for us now. I hope you too have a lovely Easter, take care:)
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ReplyDeleteOh and how much we all need, a beautiful post, like this!!!!!
Thank you!!!
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Thank you WoW, glad you enjoyed the post:)
DeleteReally enjoyed seeing whats blooming in your garden, lots of lovely things sprouting. Your peony is stunning, I cant seem to grow one. Our lily of the valley is doing well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Julie, the peony when it blooms is a deep red and I love it. The lily of the valley are even more open now:)
DeleteHow wonderful! Each flower so beautiful in it's own special way. Take care 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen, it is a lovely time of year, suddenly almost overnight there are loads of little violets here, there and everywhere:)
DeleteThanks Rosie for a tour of your garden coming to life. I enjoyed. Take care, stay safe & huggles.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, glad you enjoyed the tour, you take care too:)
DeleteImportant to have some grounding in nature in these times. The garden is looking good.
ReplyDeleteThank you John, I so pleased we have the garden and its visitors to get us through these harsh times:)
DeleteSo many lovely things happening in your garden, my Peony Tulips are about to bloom, I keep checking them every morning!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pam, I wish we had more tulips in the garden, your peony ones sound wonderful:)
DeleteYou have some beautiful plants in your garden now coming to life. We're so appreciative of our garden. We've been enjoying a warm day today with sunshine and blue skies. Being outside, watering seedlings and transferring plants into larger pots has been very pleasant.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda, the plants have been moved around several times yet still keep appearing each year. We've put the gazebo up and sat drinking afternoon tea in there on Wednesday, it was lovely:)
DeleteYour garden is utterly beautiful! It's a strange time for humans but nature carries on being amazing!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kezzie, I think slowing down and observing nature is good for us in these strange times, Take care:)
DeleteSuch beautiful colours in your garden. It will be lovely to see The Lily of the Valley when it comes into my bloom. I grew up in a farmhouse with a garden full of it. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Shazza, the Lily of the Valley are even more opened up now, I've never been able to grow it before so am thrilled that it has spread as much as it has from two small plants. How wonderful to have lots of it in one garden:)
DeleteGlorious spring garden photos. The sunshine has really given everything a boost. Hopefully you’ll be able to enjoy your garden throughout the Easter break. B x
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara, the sun has enabled us to get out in the garden recently and everything seems to be blooming at the same time. Have a good Easter:)
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Glad you are happy, WoW - I'm going to write a post later this week about this and that:)
DeleteAll that new growth and new life is quite beautiful. Stay safe, stay well. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Jayne, it is lovely to have so much happening in the garden at the moment. You too stay safe and well:)
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