Glimpse of Spring...Unusual here. ..Often much later!
Don't get me going on Global Warming though! Or Brexit!
Cough & snot for myself at the moment & a biggie next week with Heart Consultant!! Always something to look forward too!... Keep Rocking All.
Yes Brexit... Strange to think that we're living in historical times, that the result on Tuesday will be as important as the repeal of the Corn Laws that bored us silly at school... My big deal is that I'm starting two exercise classes and have already done two Slimming World meetings.
Corn laws, repeal of round and round . .........😫
I opted out of history... Corn laws??????????
Was all good until I met the corn laws.
I was attempting to make a profound point about how our little daily successes and failures go on against the background of the bigger picture... I really shouldn't try these things!
Too busy sparkling in science!
Chemistry was definitely more my thing!
You go for it matey. Good on you... No corns of mine were very impressed by laws! Think those plasters I used are banned now! They were a lot cheaper!!
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That’s fantastic. Well done sweetheart!!!!! X
Thank you Pepperdoggie for the beautiful 💐 this morning...made me smile! Hope everything turns out good this week.
Ta. All credit to the plant & the budding "Davinna Bailey"!!
Lovely picture, many thanks for that glimpse of spring. 😊
Pleasure. You take it easy CT.
Wishing you everything good with your heart consultant. Lovely resilient omen there. 🌹
Ta. Week tomorrow Jane. Pred head again!
At least you didn’t rock up!
I'm used to waiting! What's a day or two!
This disease certainly teaches us to be Zen about life.
Ha. Sometimes I can manage it! Other times well!! Depends on which of my personalities is in residence at the time!! Have a good day Jane. But remember it's not compulsory! Just don't throw anything!!!
Ditto. 🙏
Here in the UK we've seen snowdrops, daffs and crocuses peeping up not to mention that birds have been twittering for weeks.
All coming through here too teesher as well as a flowering Iris Reticulata & blue/white bells! Great to hear the sound of the birdies.
Lovely, lucky you PD. Cheerful, pretty pic. Hope all goes well with Cardio.
Thanks. I forgot the date has been changed it's a week tomorrow! Good old pred. head!!
Take it easy yourself.
First up bloody good luck with the consultant. Second is that a Rose Of Sharon? If so I had a whole back fence smothered in purple variety. Beautiful xxx. Thanks for sharing xxx
I'm guessing hellebore. Lovely, isn't it?
You got it Heron. This ones a toughie. Lost a lovely white one last Winter.
Oh hellebore!! It’s gorgeous. Does it smell! ??? I seem to remember some ancient poet wrote of “ stinking hellebores “ lol. Not very nice is it !!!
Ta. Rose Of Sharron" is a common name for a few different species DC. Heron is right on with this with Hellebore. Here some people call Hypericum ... "Rose of Sharron". (yellow flowers). Also known as St. John's Wort. (taken as an antidepressant). Others call Mallow or Hibiscus by that name! Think yours was one of the latter usually pink/purple/white. It's why they had to come up with botanical names! Changing as they are though now with gene identification rather than flower & description!
Yes we had some of those in my old house. The yellow one was all over our low boundary fence but this purple one was a high very vigorous climber. It was prolific with some flowers appearing year round. Quite coarse foliage with an irritant in the sap causing rash. Somewhat different to the huge blooms of the hibiscus and thicker fleshier foliage xxxxx
Blimey!... Sounds like a Triffid you had there!! Lucky escape then! Scary Mate!!
Actually it was quite triffid-y
Lovely flower and nice and early. Mine are still little green shoots. Definitely not enough light in my back garden. Good luck with consultant 🌺
Ta. This one gets plenty of light Holly. Got it in a pot high up on wall. The flowers always tend to droop over. They show better this way.
Holly I have areas where not enough sun. I got round it by using plastic garden beds on legs which lifted stuff up to the point that the tops of the plants could reach the sun xxxxx
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Snap, our hellebores are flowering too. Good luck with your appointment.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Cheers. Nice one.
Lovely photo. Hope everything goes ok for you with Consultant this week. Let us know. X
Thanks Pepper for the beautiful picture,l have some carnations in bud and there are primroses which have been flowering for a month ,l expect we are bound to get a really bad spell of cold weather soon and that will spoil things in the garden.Still very few birds around here,the bird food still untouched,l shall have to remove it soon and wait a while before l try again ! I hope that all goes well for you with the heart consultant ,please let us know how it goes .l hope your cold gets better soon and thanks for your lovely flowery pictures ,and your humour too,it really does cheer us up.l am sure whatever happens with Brexit we will all be living our lives without too much difference,but l would not want to be near Westminster if the referendum is overturned !ATB x.
Thanks Grants. Be surprised if we don't get a February frost & snow hit at some time! It does the garden good for a short while! The plants need it & thrive on the rest!
Well done for for the birdie food. Don't know whether you live in a city or other place! Lucky we are on city fringe here & still get a variety of birds. A Spotted Woodpecker yesterday on the seed feeder, rare visit for us. Wonderful. ATB
You saw a woodpecker!!!! Omg I am sooooo envious!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Tough little beauty he /she is, even the gang of starlings back off. Must be coming from a tree lined stream not to far away.
Like you we are on the edge of a city. I have a green woodpecker that visits. I think he finds ants by the digging he does. We also have a pair of nuthatches that have just started coming and I must not forget our one yellow wagtail. The magpies watch the squirrels with their digging in of nuts and then go and retrieve them. It is entertaining to watch.
Clever the magpies are. Same here! They bury their takings or hide it in the roof tiles. The crows & magpies put on a show of force against the gulls who spot anything put out! Only once have we seen a green woodie visiting. It's great to watch all the coming & going.
My problem is the squirrels they are too clever by half. I have the bird feeder and fat ball hanging on the long washing line. One goes up the prop and along, another
jumps from the hibiscus on to the feeder. I get fed up with them not least because they keep the small birds away. The robin has learnt how to get in the feeder and so has the wagtail but the pair of dunnocks haven't.
Ha. Same set up on the washing line here. The squirrels! not daft are they! Should get another Jack Russell but then he use to chase the ground feeders as well! They have their own order out there & it can drive you nuts trying to change it! Best to watch & enjoy. ATB
The squirrels are so greedy. I had put out for the ground feeders yesterday and then one of them was on the fat ball! No wonder they are fat even at this time of year.
Darling I am thrilled that I managed to grow some carnations from seed!!! If the birds don’t eat the seed I put it on the ground in a plant pot saucer for the foxes or possums. All creatures have to eat don’t they xxxxx
My hellebore won't bloom for several months. We are buried in snow but sun is finally shining. Not terrifically cold tho. Lovely photo as usual. Best wishes at Drs next week. I see rhuemy tomorrow only see him a couple times a year so that's good. Just keeps giving me refills
Darling sorry to be dumb. I forgot where you live. So much snow for you and I have 42c today!!!!
I am in the US in Illinois.
Seems a good one then bunny! Give rhuemy our regards.
No snow here yet but keeping the cupboard stocked. ATB
I now have nine snowdrops and one Devon primrose flowering. My OH being from Devon.
Beautiful brave little flowers ❤️❤️
Yes they are and much enjoyed. I love my garden.
Devon & Cornwall are stunning with wild roadside Spring flowers as I remember. Our snowdrops not in flower but on the cusp.
Merry Christmas.
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