Saturday, February 01, 2025

Five into February

We didn't hasten into February by any means. Last month meandered along at a steady but tedious pace and sometimes felt as if it was going nowhere but all of a sudden here we are entering a new month.  Time to turn the calendar page over.

Today we walked at the Wolseley Centre, headquarters of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and I found both Snowdrops and Catkins which also appear in the calendar picture above.

Lot's of Snowdrops at Wolseley. 

Pushing their way through the damp soil and decaying leaves.

Such a beautiful sight.

 

Earlier in the week we had walked at Trentham. 

In damp, misty weather.

Afterwards we popped into the garden centre to seek out some colour.





On Thursday we had a surprise visit from the brother and sister-in-law of our next door neighbour.  Mainly to keep us up to date with the arrangements for her funeral and also about the sale of her house.  They brought with them a lovely gift to say thank you for all the help we had given our neighbour over the years we had lived next door.

A lovely card, gift card and Orchid.  How kind and thoughtful.

It's a lovely thing but I'm anxious about how to look after it.  They always seem so exotic and delicate.  If anyone reading keeps Orchids, or knows about them I'd love a few tips on how to keep it alive😊

All for now.
 


2 comments:

  1. Happy February Rosie! I hated January with a passion being ill for most of it! I love orchids and have kept a couple before. When I had them I bought specific orchid plant food and obviously read up about them. It is my desire to have a Ladies Slipper orchid some day! I hope you have a great start to the month. X

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  2. Don't water them too often, the current one lives on a sunny sitting room windowsill, and the spares (which aren't in flower) live in the spare bedroom until new buds appear, then they swap places. I feed them about every 2 months with special orchid food. Xx

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