Flowers Of The Day: Iris

We came across this Iris next to a carpark in Totton. An unexpected beauty! We found irises growing wild in marshy areas of the local nature reserve peeping out of the long grasses.… Continue reading →

WordPress Final Photo Challenge: All Time Favourite

It’s the last WordPress Photo Challenge and this series has helped to nourish my photographic creativity for years. For this I looked for the photo on my blog that has the most likes… Continue reading →

WordPress Photo Challenge : Twisted Leaf Buds

We ordered a Magnolia ‘Red Lucky’ last year and it has caused much expectation. I had to be patiently for it to arrive in February, then there has been more waiting for signs… Continue reading →

WordPress Photo Challenge: Unlikely Dew Drip

If I said I was going to go out and take a photo of dew dripping you might think it unlikely I would succeed, but I was looking through some photos I took… Continue reading →

WordPress Photo Challenge: Lines and a View

We found this photo from Collingwood House/College in my archives from 2015. It has an abundance of lines and a view of verdant gardens through the arches. There are lines in the stonework,… Continue reading →

Photo Challenge: Prolific Aphids Macro

I’ve found many tiny green dots on our Sedum. My macro lens reveals them as bugs, lots of them! Now I have to work out how to get rid of them! The Daily… Continue reading →

WordPress Photo Challenge: Awakening Peony Shoot in the Snow

In March it snowed and carpeted our garden. This little peony shoot survived and thrived though!   The Daily Post PHOTO CHALLENGE: Awakening Also see Cee’s Flower of the Day – April 17,… Continue reading →

Flowering Plant of the Day: Awakening Peonies

Having planted 6 peony roots last year and waiting all winter, some tiny red shoots started appearing.   They didn’t look like much at first!   Then the leaves started to unfurl, red… Continue reading →

Photo Challenge: Rise/Set

I love to get up early and see the sunrise and even catch a photo of the glorious orange sky. 🙂   Sunsets at Eling are always good too! The Daily Post Photo… Continue reading →

Favourite Place: Eling

Eling nature reserve is a place I love to go for a walk or cycle and sometimes stop and sit in quiet contemplation. It’s a lovely place to be in nature. The Daily… Continue reading →