Just a few photos of the wildflowers at Trentham where we walked one day last week as a break away from moving everything from the living room for the work to be done. The most tiring was boxing up books, CDs and DVDs and dismantling the bookshelves. Blinds had to be taken down as well as light fittings.
Back to Trentham. The flowers are all along the pathways by the lake.
and looking so beautiful.
and very photogenic, my photos don't do them justice.
I wish I could identify them all.
Below scented posies from the garden
Roses and sweet peas on the kitchen table
Pinks and Dill on the fossil cabinet in the conservatory.
It's all go here this morning, the men are in, the living room ceiling is coming down. They have sealed themselves in and will dispose of the artex containing asbestos today and clean up the dust. The new boards will go in tomorrow and then skimmed, three times, on Wednesday. They are singing along to their radio. Shouting out answers to the pop quiz.
Meanwhile in the garden this morning another new and unusual visitor to the garden.
There will be lots of cleaning and decorating to do once the work is completed so I may disappear for a while.
All for now.
Lovely to have a flowery interlude after your major upheaval. I’m sure it will all be worth it. B x
ReplyDeleteSo many lovely flowers at the moment. One day down two to go with the work then we can start to decorate whilst the furniture is out of the room:)
DeleteLovely photos of the wild flowers! I know that the bright blue flower is a variety of Morning Glory.
ReplyDeleteWhat a treat having the Red Legged Partridge as a visitor! Lucky you!
I hope that your building work goes well! 😁
Thanks for the ID on the flower, Sal. I wondered what it was standing out so brightly. Day two of the building work and all seems to be doing okay, keeping my fingers crossed:)
DeleteHow exciting to get a red legged partridge in the garden! I hope it visits you again. Good luck with the work going on in the home. It is horrible to have things disrupted but it will be worth it! x
ReplyDeleteI couldn't quite believe my eyes when I saw the partridge, it stayed most of the morning with us and then went next door and spent the afternoon there. Not seen it so far today. I don't like being in a mess in the house but needs must:)
DeleteWhat a beautiful meadow - just lovely. I bet it was full of bees and hoverflies :) So sorry to read of all the upheaval you are going through and I hope it will all be completed soon. Really exciting about the Red Legged Partridge. I've seen just the one here and it was years and years ago. I couldn't believe my eyes!!!! Take care Rosie.
ReplyDeleteThe wildflowers at Trentham are always lovely all along the path on one side of the lake, they used to have them on the other side. The Partridge stayed most of the day between here and next door, I hope it finds its way back to wherever it came from I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing at the bird feeders yesterday, we were trying to work out where it may have come from. Work going okay so far, fingers crossed:)
Deleteps - love the posies from your garden :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, they have a lovely scent - all in the kitchen window now as the tv is on the kitchen table and fire surround propped up against the fossil cabinet:)
DeleteWonderful flowers and a cute unexpected guest, just what you needed after all the ceiling chaos. At least they turned up and the work is heading towards the getting better phase! 😊
ReplyDeleteIt really was quite an unexpected guest, it stayed all day with us and next door - gone this morning. Work so far so good:)
DeleteHope all that renovation work goes well & the upheaval is short-lived. Beautiful wildflowers & oh so pretty posies from your garden. My garden is woeful at the moment (needs TLC), but I did pick a white & a yellow jonquil along with 2 different coloured hellebores to put in a little vase, along with 5 tiny violets I put into an old miniature perfume container. They really smell divine. I did think partridges were slightly different to that and a whole lot larger. Take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteNow we have the room empty we see other things that ought to be done, painting, new flooring and etc. Lovely to hear about your flowers, love violets and what a super way to display them in a perfume bottle. Yes, I thought partridges were a bit bigger, this one was slightly bigger than the wood pigeons, they were a bit wary of it:)
DeleteA partridge with attitude if the second photo is anything to go by. You are so quick with the camera. Urban meadows are increasing and I think of Trentham Gardens as an urban park. It looks great. Robert 🐰
ReplyDeleteThe partridge did seem interested in me and my camera although I was behind glass. It spent all day around here and next door so plenty of time to take photos. It gained the nick name Alan, of course. Trentham seem to be a lot more wildlife aware since the new owners took over, there are beavers there now on the island that isn't the heronry, haven't seen any of course, just night time films on F/B the have a kitt too now. The wildflowers are lovely this year:)
DeleteOh wow, that Partridge! I have never seen one. We did have a Chinese pheasant visit once, an escapee from somewhere. He was so beautiful. Your posies are lovely, I can almost smell them. Sorry about the stress of all that work, I am sure it must not be fun. We went through similar last winter when we I painted our living room and kitchen. Had to be done but oh my, the mess!
ReplyDeleteDay three of work today, all looking good so far. Lots to do after they have gone. The partridge was a very handsome chap and stayed a whole day on our garden and our neighbour's garden. The posies all had scented flowers which was lovely:)
DeleteA fascinating bird!
ReplyDeleteIt was, stayed the whole day and then never seen again:)
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