Just before I opened my email from the Royal Agricultural Society, this is the post I meant to write. The last post was merely a Jacobin rant, this one is about nature. It’s better for me than politics.
A model of me in the garden
There’s not much to say as it’s late and the pictures can do the talking.
Poppies in the Mencap garden – Wilford
Poppies in the Mencap garden – Wilford
Poppies in the Mencap garden – Wilford
The pop-bottle poppies are still looking good after two years – Julia was going to take them down last year but everyone asked for them to stay up.
Ivy and brushwood “hedge”
Ivy and brushwood “hedge”
Ivy and brushwood “hedge”
This is the “hedge” between the Mencap plot and the school plot. It’s willow clippings with ivy planted to grow through it.
Frost on bamboo
Fungus lining the path
Fungus close-up
Brick path
Oak leaves and frost
And finally – some birds. There would have been more but a sparrowhawk swooped by and scared them all away.
Great tits on feeder – Nottingham
Very nice photos. I like the frosted oak leaves and the turkey-tail fungus. I remember seeing Julia’s bottle-top poppies before – very effective – and I love the willow clipping hedge; what a brilliant idea!
I first saw the hedge Idea years ago in a book – looks like somebody else read the same book! 🙂
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I too liked the frosted leaf a lot. The portrait is a dead ringer.
Thank you. 🙂
That first frosted photo is a stunner! I, too, like the bottle poppies, and you can’t go wrong with Buddha.
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A fine gallery. The poppies are a good example of remembering that torment all the year round
We were in Stoke today – they have several grafitti poppies on a bridge and a wall. I have never seen that before.
Excellent pictures, I like the bottle tops!
Thank you. I’ll pass that on.
I am going to do something similar. You have inspired me!
There are a lot of good videos on You Tube showing ways of making poppies and other flowers.
Those are beautiful photos, especially the frosted oak leaves. Julia’s bottle poppies look great too.
My father had a small Buddha carved out of ebony he kept on the dashboard of his VW Beetle.
Thank you. After hearing “buddha” and “VW” I have The Eagles in my head…
I wish I had photos of it. 🙂