Spring is coming

It is still early January,

the weather is mild

and it fools the bulbs into thinking it is Spring.

I planted Crocuses, Buttercups and Daffodils.

See how far they are already.

I love watching them come up.

Crocus

Buttercup

 

Let’s hope it doesn’t get too cold for them later.

The Web

This artist made a beautiful Web just outside my door.

I am careful not to destroy it

and duck underneath when I go out.

 

Take a closer look

He deserves a rest after all that hard work.

 

Passion Fruit Hedgerow

Passion fruit or Maracuya is such a beautiful plant.

I do have 2 pots at home and I received blooms too.

On my travels I found a station on the Underground,

well this station is overground further East

where a whole fence is covered by a Passion fruit hedge.

Blooming and having fruit at the same time.

I made a collage of my pictures.

 

 

I keep admiring it, it is amazing

that it grows as a hedge so well in London

as it is native from South America.

I do know it grows well in Cornwall too,

as my friend blogger here shows.

 

 

Kew Gardens 9th Smile

Kew – not always blossoms …

What a great tree!

 

I love the wide and colourful variety

of grasses bending in the wind.

 

…and some lovely house leek,

and very old Bonsai Trees.

All photos taken by me at Kew Gardens.

 

Kew Gardens 8th Smile

Kew – a destination always worth it.

When ever you go,

it is exciting.

Every time there are different plants blooming,

there are more plants to discover and

I can practice and take pictures with my new phone camera.

You can never get tired of this beautiful Garden.

Some close ups

Rose

Waterlily

Lotus

Kew

Kew

Kew

This red ….

In the Alpine house

‘Stroh Blume’

Kew

‘Stroh Blume’

Kew

Fruit

Please click on the individual photo to enlarge,

All photos taken by me at Kew Gardens.

 

 

Kew Gardens 7th Smile

On a beautiful day another visit to Kew Gardens.

There is currently

an exhibition of Dale Chihuly‘s Glass Art in the midst of all plants.

It was a brilliant day with so much to see.

It started off with this amazing glass art sculpture.

While you walk around with me

you see his radiant colours of those glass art pieces

in the midst of plants in Kew.

They fit in so well.

Please click on the individual photo to enlarge,

All photos taken by me at Kew Gardens.

 

New Phone Camera

I have a new phone and therefore a new camera.

My phone is my camera.

In my garden I have a Maracuja plant which was first in my kitchen

and as the weather was better I took it out in the garden.

The next day there was nothing left of it,

all leaves had been eaten and just a little stem was left.

Whoever has eaten it, I hope it was a delicious feast.

Well I decided to take it back indoors and now I can see a very little shoot coming.

I took a picture with my new Huawai Phone zoomed in 6x.

On the bottom right on the picture you can see another shoot developing.

This is not really visible with the naked eye.

Only through the camera shot I noticed it.

I am impressed with this new camera /phone.

Today is …… #31

…. a day to be grateful.

I received some plants from a friend’s garden and added them to mine.

They were grateful and started to bloom.

 

And this little one visited

I am grateful to the beautiful plants who give me

pleasure and happiness in return.

I love sitting in my little garden to rest and enjoy all plants!

Today is …. #28

…a day to enjoy travels …

I traveled North to Oslo for a short trip.

The first thing I saw in Oslo was the beautiful flowers everywhere in open spaces.

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Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; 
they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
~ Luther Burbank ~

 

 

 

Specially now in Summer

the flowers are the most vibrant!

Enjoy them!

They really do make the Earth laugh!

Click on the individual picture to enlarge them.

Before and after

A very long time ago,

probably 40 years ago, I received a plant from my friend.

We called it Waxplant – Hoya

Since then it has grown very slowly but steady.

Every year it blooms.

For the first time I actually saw how the buds open.

Fascinating the way they open up.

This time I captured it on camera.

Before :

After:

The flowers are highly scented specially in the evening.