The last post was Aug 2018! Time is flying. My New Year Resolution for 2022 is back to blogging.
Made a Christmas wreath before Christmas. I cut the foliages from the garden and my husband made the wreath ring. It still looked great before I took it down.
As the heatwave stopped and the rain came, temperature dropped to a single digit in the morning, the plants in the garden happily are starting re-growth.
Happy Autumn!
Rain is finally back after two and half months and the heatwave stopped!
Haven’t updated my blog for about four months. The excuse is too busy, too hot, too lazy, or all of them.
Took some photos last week after the rain stopped. Can you feel the coolness ?
The only rose in the garden
The petunias have been blooming since June, don’t care about the heat and drought. I grew them from seeds.
It is raining again today! Enjoying the day without the scorching sun.
The sun was out for two days last week after several days continuous rain during Easter break. Even only two days, the sunshine made everything in the garden smile!
and me.
I made the most of it. Besides work, I think I should have taken the two days off , I tidied up the front and back gardens, pruned and cut back hydrangeas and fuchsia, managed to mow the lawn for the first time this year and then took photos of flowers at different time of a day(morning before work, lunch break and after work) and from different angles.
Does the sunshine make people happy? I think so.
Finally spring is here ~ bright yellow daffodils are fully opened and tulips are in buds although the rain is continuously pouring down at this Easter weekend and the central heating is on all day.
After the big “Beast from East” at the end of February, the “Mini Beast” came in the middle of March. Embraced two day bitterly cold, the temperature has gone up a bit. And also the clocks moved forward one hour, the British Summer Time started last Sunday, now there are more daylight in the evenings. It makes people feel happy.
Still haven’t done anything in the garden and in the allotment because of snow and rain. Only visited the allotment once last weekend.
Planed to work on the gardening and digging at the Easter break. The rain didn’t want to stop. So took some photos in the garden between rains and then watched TV, cooking, feel like Christmas. Hope April ( tomorrow) the weather can improve .
Have a lovely Easter!
Survived from the frozen weather
All vegetable plants were moved to the greenhouse yesterday although it is still cold. Must have confident in them.
Looking forward to April!
This week Weekly Photo Challenge: I’d Rather Be…
Last Friday was warm and sunny, about 12°C. I knew from the weather forecast the weekend would be quite different- the Mini Beast from the East was coming, snow , freezing again, the high temperature would drop to below zero. While sitting in the office, looking at the blue sky and bright sunshine, and listening birds chirping outside, I was thinking I’d rather be in a park and basking in the warm sunshine , than here, in the office, working!
Took some photos of the park in the early morning before work. There are many crocuses under a big tree. I visit them nearly everyday if the weather is permitted. They are in full blooming now.
So I’d rather be taking photos of the beauty of nature on any sunny days.
I put a big question mark because Siberian blast hits the UK and Europe this week, the entire of the UK are covered with snow. It is causing lots of disruptions : – roads are blocked, trains and flights are cancelled and schools are closed. The day temperature dropped to -4°C this morning here.
Did not do much gardening work this month, only pruned two roses and nothing in the allotment, it has been either too wet or too cold. Hope March will be different.
the photos were taken this morning
The following photos were taken at the last weekend, just before the cold hits.
When we first moved here, there were nothing under the hedge. I put lots of bulbs in, only spring bulbs flowered. It looks they will flower again this year.
The leaves from last year in the green house are still growing. The seedlings(cucumber, tomato and reddish etc) in the room are too high and thin 😦
The amaryllis is on the third year. The above was at the end of last month. The second is now. Can you see the bloom stalk? Strangely it grows leaves first.
Pruned two roses and get them ready to bloom again
No matter what happens, Spring is definitely coming…
The sunshine was gorgeous today, couldn’t wait to go out. Went to Moggerhanger Park to see snowdrops. There were some posters which were very informative.
We had a good look around. It was half-term, the park was full of kids. The house was still closed, will come again.
Did you know these ?
Along the woodland trails there are some view points.
Have a good weekend!
These photos were taken in a summer afternoon when I walked along the Embankment. We lived far away from our mothers, and were not able to look after them. I wished I could be like the son in the photo.
Weekly Photo Challenge Beloved
At the last two days of January the sun was out. Although it was bitterly cold and windy, I had a quick walk in the nearby park in the morning and again at lunch time, and also had a look around the garden. The daffodils and crocus are in buds, the tulips are pushing through, and my only snowdrop is in flower! Feeling the warmth in the sunshine, Spring is underway…
I am glad I did the walk, today is back to gloomy and bleak. It has been raining the whole day.
A Little Lovely Garden 