Category Archives: Autumn

Six on Saturday: the First and the Last

Posted on November 9, 2019 by

Well, the last will be first for this Six on Saturday post, as temperatures down to minus 2°C last night will sadly have seen off the dahlias for this year. The photograph was taken quite early in the day but … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Clara, Dorothy and Phyllis Come to Tea

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

I am sure I have brought other lovelies to tea on a previous Monday morning, but today it is the turn of Dahlia ‘Dorothy Rose’, Chrysanthemum ‘Clara Curtis’ and Salvia ‘Phyllis Fancy’, nipped at their heels by Antirrhinum ‘Liberty Classic … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Autumn Colours

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

Despite shorter days, increasingly cooler nights and the impending likelihood of the first frosts, the garden continues to provide a succession of ‘wow’ moments as autumn takes its brush and repaints it in its own choice of colours. The initial … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Unashamed

Posted on November 5, 2018 by

Last week Joanna of Edinburgh Garden Diary posted an IAVOM featuring a collection of teeny vases and inkwells with single blooms, and I am afraid I have unashamedly pinched the idea to make the most of a selection of the … Continue reading →

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Ina Vase on Monday: All Hallows

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

All Hallows’ Eve falls on 31st October each year and is the day before All Hallows’ or All Saints’ Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on All Hallows’ Eve when worshippers would prepare themselves with … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: What Goes Around…

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

…comes around, and on Friday friends came around for lunch, bringing a nice bottle of wine and a pretty posy of flowers from their garden – so far, so to be expected. Apart from the sedum, though, all the flowers … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday: Yellow

Posted on October 14, 2018 by
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