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Last of the beans…..
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…ready for a spicy Guatemalan treatment
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Sunflower tubers for dinner :-)
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Ready for sorting in to ‘us’ and ‘birds’…. (did someone say cider?)
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Garden gnomes getting bigger; and have learnt to sweep leaves ;-)
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Seneca minding the chooks (apart from Roadrunner who is behind him)
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Love my lay-dees; love their work….
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Frankie in front; Aphrodite in frizzled black with white tracery
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The new lay-dees. Still a little shy, and haven’t yet told me their names….
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Winter Cheer announces the season
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Next spring’s pretty compost accelerator
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Art is Everywhere
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Art is Everywhere – and – Spring is coming!…..
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Food for foraging wildlife
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Still smelling divine even after first snow ;-) I am delighted that thorns have roses…
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Winter greens cometh. Garden smelling wonderfully of coffee much to disgust of brassica-loving slugs and snails…
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Broad beans for spring
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Rocket flowers preparing seeds for next spring salad
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Asparagus berries, and pyrethrum flowers
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Last of autumn narines keeping our darling Finn company under the kowhai
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Hope the ‘frost hardy’ is true. Most of my lemon bushes sulk… However, this fruit shall be plucked on a dull day to cheer me up
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Hope the ‘frost hardy’ is true. Most of my lemon bushes sulk… However, this fruit shall be plucked on a dull day to cheer me up
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Brushing past pineapple sage is aromatherapy
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Mahonia flowers adding sun to dull day and preparing much needed berries for birds later in winter
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Is all rather maudlin just now; winter, the dead Finn, pics of dear dead Bess tearfully added, and this reminder of dear dead friends Des and Ray – which is the Head that Knows (who committed a murder). Ray and I both consign this portentous object to the outdoors…..
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Still some happy colour if you look….
14/2/2023 08:32:11 pm

Such an awesome harvest. Hopefully, it will continue!

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15/5/2026 04:38:11 am

“The second of winter; 2 June 2013” captures the quiet beauty of the season perfectly, bringing back memories of cold days and peaceful moments.

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17/5/2026 11:57:08 pm

“The second of winter; 2 June 2013” creates such a calm and reflective mood. A beautiful reminder of how seasonal moments stay meaningful over time.

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4/6/2026 10:49:43 pm

A lovely reflection on the second day of winter. Seasonal moments like these capture the quiet beauty, changing moods, and charm that winter brings.

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