Innovative

 

This is an innovative use of an old tree stump. It is filled with flowers that look lovely at this time of year.

Walk - NOT amateur radio

This morning we did a walk around the village and did some shopping. On the walk we saw this tub of flowers.

Green fingers? - NOT amateur radio

My wife seems to have a "touch" with house plants with many lasting far longer than we might expect. We have some orchids that have lasted many years. 

She says the secret with orchids is just a thimble of water once a week. Whatever, she has the touch!

Autumn flowers - NOT amateur radio

My wife saw these yesterday. A lovely display of autumn flowers.

Wild flowers - NOT amateur radio

 

This is a recent photo from my son of wild flowers.

We had a patch of wild flowers just outside the windmill next door, but it is not so good this year.

Flowers in our garden - NOT amateur radio

 

These are in our garden right now.

Amazing flowers - NOT amateur radio

 

My wife does not usually buy peonies, but these are looking great at the moment.

Spring flowers - NOT amateur radio

It is great to see the spring flowers. If I am honest, this is my favourite season, although every season has good points.

Walk - NOT amateur radio

 Yesterday we did a nice walk around the village and saw these flowers.

Seasonal Colour - NOT amateur radio

 

Christmastime here always includes hyacinths and amaryllis (see photo).

Wild flowers - NOT amateur radio

These wild flowers are about 5m from our house. They are by the path to our local museum and windmill next door.

See https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/ .

Crouching down - NOT amateur radio

 

One of the issues with getting old is crouching down. If you get down, it is hard to get up! However, we have an answer - grandsons! At their age they have no problems with hips or knees, so we ask them to take a photo. Problem solved.

Spring coming - NOT amateur radio

We went for a walk at nearby Anglesey Abbey. There are some spring flowers coming. 

As the weeks progress we will see more. In the last 7 days many more snowdrops have appeared and we saw the first daffodils of the season. 

Alstroemeria - NOT amateur radio

My wife loves these flowers, which last a long time and are colourful. We have some in the garden, but these are in our hall.

See https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/alstroemeria .

Nearly gone - NOT amateur radio

Summer has gone and it will soon be time to put in bedding plants to give winter colour. The plants at the front of the house still look OK, but are now past their best. This was the scene yesterday morning.

Garden flowers - NOT amateur radio

Most of the flowers in our garden have passed their best. Some still look good whereas others are starting to look a bit tired. We will put winter flowering plants at the front and new bedding plants in late in the spring. Some, as the photo shows, look good still.

It is funny how the nights get so much darker earlier at this time of the year. The rate of change speeds up and the change is noticeable.

Newmarket Flowers - NOT amateur radio

Newmarket is the world capital of horseracing. They also have some great flower displays. 

Those in the photo are near the Guineas shopping centre.  The hanging baskets are usually good too.

This morning's walk - NOT amateur radio

This morning we went for a walk early. It was just under 3 miles. We call it the "Muntjac Walk" as we often see these on this walk. 

We needn't go far as one has already decided some of our garden flowers make a good snack! I have no idea how they get in.

The flowers in the photo were seen on the walk. By the way it is now raining, so we chose the best time.

Chelsea Flower Show - NOT amateur radio

 

Two years ago we were bought tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show. 

The photo shows one of the exhibits.

Frangipani - NOT amateur radio

 

This was seen on our walk at Anglesey Abbey yesterday.