Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Luckily I captured the first poppy before the weather set in. The poor thing is rain-sodden now. Such fleeting beauty that is rarely repeated. Some open as single petals while others are deeply ruffled. If you can get hold of a copy of the October issue of Country...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Spring is galloping away at quite a pace and I’m very aware that I haven’t updated these posts as regularly as I’d like (save yesterday’s Bird Cow Tree post!)…so I thought I’d write a a very little review for you, just a hint,...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Wherever I roam, the air is simply filled with heady perfume! It’s almost dizzying, and accompanies each task with pure joy. I simply can’t wait to get up in the mornings! From wisteria heavy with bloom and alive with the drone of bees, to the last...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
In my absence (of only a few days during daylight hours….) the almond blossom faded away, to be replaced by the blooming of the Manchurian Pear, captured here in early evening light. Things are moving at quite a pace now….the very first wisteria flower...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
The very, very first single pink almond blossom opened its petals on Monday last week, and there has been a slow progression of blooms awakening each day since (it’s probably about half-way towards full flower as I write). The almond tree is my harbinger of...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I always find it a complete surprise, no matter that it occurs year after year, that the Solandra maxima, or Hawaiian Vine, flowers here in late winter! I associate it with summer, with its large, waxy yellow trumpet flowers, streaked with brown lines that remind me...
