It is always nice to get back home after a few days away….and nice to see the changes in the garden. Our ‘first flowering’ Clematis was showing no sign of buds anywhere near bursting when we left for Cumbria, but now the first buds have burst into colour…..
….with many more of the delicate blooms to come over the month ahead……Elsewhere in the garden the Acer has made its foray into leaf whilst the rockery is showing splashes of colour. May be spring is here!
The Camellia has done well this year but the winds and rains have taken its toll and only one group of flower heads remain…
But the biggest surprise is an Amaryllis in the conservatory. It had flowered much earlier in the year and we had left it to hibernate till next year. Surprisingly it has thrown up another shoot with a splendid bloom atop of its short but stocky stalk.
6th MAY
DAVID OAKES - IMAGES. 
All quite beautiful! Such a nice welcome home they gave you.
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How nice to learn that your spring is finally really progressing rapidly too, David–and to see that you’re taking such excellent advantage of it!
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Well…..loking out the study window to-day and I think we are back to winter again!
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Well, what can we do but make the best of the resources at hand? So just put on your long woolen understuff (we fondly call it a union suit), your Burberry jacket, your waxed canvas trousers, and your Wellies, pack a thermos of Irish coffe, and get back out there!
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As they say…no such thing as bad weather you just need the right clothes!
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Very nice!
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A handful of beautiful, intense and very colourful flowers. The photos flashes on the page. My two favourite pictures are the first and the last one. Excellent captured and just so delicately beautiful.
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I couldn’t possibly pick a favorite! 🙂
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absolutely lovely.. : )
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