I am happy as I have walked along Sand Bay and wood spring headland where the yellow gorse is flowering and as you pass it smells of coconut.This headland is so peaceful and the scenery is lovely .you can see right over to wales and into the hills,you can see the sugar loaf and the black mountains.With the dogs no better place to be on a nice day except on horse back on the Mendips,I am happy.
I did get to the Botanic Gardens, Hollie Hock, thanks, and as ever I loved it. It really is a lovely place and at this time of year, the glasshouse is a real taste of summer. There were birds living and singing in there, and there are even nesting boxes for them. There is a waterfall in there with a wide, shallow pool beneath it and quite large goldfish were swimming about contentedly even where the water was only a few inches deep. We sat in the sun, with the breeze blowing in through the vents in the roof and rippling the tre branches, and ate lunch with the birds hopping about us. It was quite idyllic.
What a lovely thread! I haven't found it until now.
I have some acrylic mirrors in the garden framed with driftwood that I bought in a craft show in Dorset. They were under £20 each. The reflection is not as natural as glass, though. There's nothing exciting to reflect in this small garden except greenery and, sadly, absolutely no vistas, but they do allow the eye to travel a bit further and help soften the boundaries. The best we could manage for vistas was to reclaim the bit if land that held the greenhouse, which is longer than the rest of the garden, and put a bench at the end of it and a curved path leading to the bench. I have started to plant the borders around the path. A large clematis planted last year will, I hope, start to grow over an arch to help hide the houses behind without stealing too much of their light. That thought makes me happy!
I sympathise GG, my garden is small too.Wider than longer but manage to get a bit of 'distance' by emphsising corner to corner planting - takes the eye away from the fence (which now has clematis and hopefull sweetpeas ready to burst into colour). Mirrors will be great if I can get the angle right!
Just happy to have everything in place, for once. Sunny, cool wind today, coffee moring here with neighbours - catch up time!
Lovely to photos that have been posted. Today not promising to be any better than yesterday, but did get out and do a few things..after the dreaded supermarket trip. Been tidying up pots in greenhouse ready for ousting to the patio when it warms up & when hubby has pressure washed it. That was last years new toy and it hasn't been out of the box yet.
I'll be happy to see him in his wellies with pressure washer in hand, maybe promise of a curry tonight will do the trick. Or maybe I'll have a go, see if I can break it!
Sitting here looking at the sunlight through the windows makes me happy. What a difference a change in the light makes! I first became really aware of this when I regularly made a half hour drive along the M4 and some country lanes to work. Because of the direction of the drive, I drove frequently into glorious sunrises and sunsets. (Good thing my eyes are strong!) In the early mornings after rain, mist rose from the fields like smoke, beautiful and eery in the sunlight. Winter hedges that looked dismal and dank in cloudy weather lit up with beauty when the sun came out. For the first time, I undertood what artists meant when they wrote that they lived and painted in certain areas like Cornwall because of the quality of the light.
GG I so agree, even grotty places look so much better in sunlight. I'm always amazed at how I can read seed packets outside in the sunshine, without my glasses. I know I should have my sunspecs on but just love having my eyes of "old". Great to sit and read a book, if I can stop myself seeing things that need attention and going off to do them. I might as well live in my gardening clothes. I won't mention the state of my fingernails. Glad you enjoyed your day out. I'm going to have to learn how to post pics on here, I attempted to change my aviator but couldn't find how to do it unless I linked with Facebook, bit of numpty with the computer.
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Thank you, KEF, for liking my garden. My garden makes me happy.
homebird, your garden looks lovely.
Here is my garden in Spring last year.
BL it looks lovely. Bet you can't wait for better weather & spring at last !
I am happy as I have walked along Sand Bay and wood spring headland where the yellow gorse is flowering and as you pass it smells of coconut.This headland is so peaceful and the scenery is lovely .you can see right over to wales and into the hills,you can see the sugar loaf and the black mountains.With the dogs no better place to be on a nice day except on horse back on the Mendips,I am happy.
I did get to the Botanic Gardens, Hollie Hock, thanks, and as ever I loved it. It really is a lovely place and at this time of year, the glasshouse is a real taste of summer. There were birds living and singing in there, and there are even nesting boxes for them. There is a waterfall in there with a wide, shallow pool beneath it and quite large goldfish were swimming about contentedly even where the water was only a few inches deep. We sat in the sun, with the breeze blowing in through the vents in the roof and rippling the tre branches, and ate lunch with the birds hopping about us. It was quite idyllic.
Just happy to have everything in place, for once. Sunny, cool wind today, coffee moring here with neighbours - catch up time!
Lovely to photos that have been posted. Today not promising to be any better than yesterday, but did get out and do a few things..after the dreaded supermarket trip. Been tidying up pots in greenhouse ready for ousting to the patio when it warms up & when hubby has pressure washed it. That was last years new toy and it hasn't been out of the box yet.
I'll be happy to see him in his wellies with pressure washer in hand, maybe promise of a curry tonight will do the trick. Or maybe I'll have a go, see if I can break it!
Sitting here looking at the sunlight through the windows makes me happy. What a difference a change in the light makes! I first became really aware of this when I regularly made a half hour drive along the M4 and some country lanes to work. Because of the direction of the drive, I drove frequently into glorious sunrises and sunsets. (Good thing my eyes are strong!) In the early mornings after rain, mist rose from the fields like smoke, beautiful and eery in the sunlight. Winter hedges that looked dismal and dank in cloudy weather lit up with beauty when the sun came out. For the first time, I undertood what artists meant when they wrote that they lived and painted in certain areas like Cornwall because of the quality of the light.
GG I so agree, even grotty places look so much better in sunlight. I'm always amazed at how I can read seed packets outside in the sunshine, without my glasses. I know I should have my sunspecs on but just love having my eyes of "old". Great to sit and read a book, if I can stop myself seeing things that need attention and going off to do them. I might as well live in my gardening clothes. I won't mention the state of my fingernails. Glad you enjoyed your day out. I'm going to have to learn how to post pics on here, I attempted to change my aviator but couldn't find how to do it unless I linked with Facebook, bit of numpty with the computer.
Hope everyone has a good day.