Fantastic sighting along the Southend seafront this evening as we made our way home from a meeting – the resident black-headed gulls were hosting some “A Gull on Every Post”
Category: Flora & Fauna
Sly Old Fox
I wasn’t the only one out for a walk this evening.
Wildflower Garden
It’s impossible to walk past this garden without smiling! The California poppies I photographed last week have been joined by their European cousins, Papaveroideae, and “Wildflower Garden”
Floral Abundance
Lovely! The peony (Paeonia) certainly brightens the world, doesn’t it? This lush bloom is named after Paeon, a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing. “Floral Abundance”
Smell the Roses
We have some fantastic gardeners in our neighbourbood, people who surround their homes with foreign poppies, Nessie hedges, and seasonal blooms that take my breath away. “Smell the Roses”
A California Immigrant
California poppies, Eschscholzia californica… these golden beauties are a touch of home-away-from-home for me, and always evoke a flood of memories. As a child I was “A California Immigrant”
Nessie Hedge
This sinuous privet hedge makes me smile every time I go past. Jeff calls it the Loch Ness Hedge of Thundersley Grove.
The Sweet Scent of Spring
The weather is so mild today that we have all our windows open… the birds are singing and these sweet lilacs are perfuming the air “The Sweet Scent of Spring”
An Evening Stroll
We drove down to Two Tree Island for an evening stroll to take advantage of the warming weather and lengthening days. Hoping to hear the “An Evening Stroll”
Birthday Treats
The rains that were predicted for the weekend never really materialized, so yesterday afternoon we admired the flowers and gardens that are growing and changing day by “Birthday Treats”