Tag: Garden flowers

  • Butterflies at last

    Butterflies at last

    Only a few, and only one or at most two of each species to visit the garden this year, but it is something I suppose. The Comma above (love the name), readily identifiable by its somewhat raggedy appearance has been the only one to begin to stay still long enough to be photographed, but I…

  • Jackdaw update

    Jackdaw update

    Seagulls, Jackdaws and a House Martin – Animal Wild In this earlier post I wrote: I was rather worried about this young Jackdaw in the garden (the juveniles have blue eyes, which turn yellow in adulthood). I had seen it around for several days, always on the ground. He seemed fine on his feet, moving…

  • Lilies in flower

    Lilies in flower

    The eagerly anticipated flowering of the lilies has begun in all its glory.

  • Garden flowers

    Garden flowers

    Just a very short post about two flowers I’ve already written about. These lilies are even more ready to burst into bloom and the Aquilegia “White Star” below just keeps on giving.

  • Garden delights

    Garden delights

    Wordsworth wrote: My heart leaps up when I beholdA rainbow in the sky… Well, my heart leapt up this morning when I beheld a Great Spotted Woodpecker in my garden this morning, only the second time I have done so. They always make me think of my friend Andy in our badger group who gets…

  • Iris

    Iris

    Nothing to say about this, which appeared in the garden today – its strange, stunning beauty speaks for itself.