Tuesday, 6 June 2023

New for June in my Etsy Shop:



Packs of handmade cards featuring hand-dyed papers.



Pin-badges and crochet flower embellishments
to brighten up your summer wardrobe.





Handmade crochet wall-hangings and small gifts
to celebrate the summer.





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Friday, 26 May 2023

May Gardening Diary Flowers 2023


The very wet Spring has turned into a lovely warm, dry summer and all the roses in the garden are loving it. This one we inherited in the garden from the previous owners. beautiful scent.



New iris bought last year.

Glowing rose against a shady background.


Modern Climbing rose 'Meg' happy with the scabious and clove-scented pinks.


I repurpose tiny plant pots and small cardboard tubes into bug habitats and pop them (horizontally) around the garden.


New, wider border taking shape after major wall rebuild.


Why a small tree in big pot is invaluable next to a garden bench! 
Not a view of cars, but of leaves.


No Mow May has meant the herb caterpillar is now very hairy...


Where the wild things are....


More roses, tea rose with a beautiful scent positioned so you can smell it as you climb the steps next to it.


Pollinator power - these have naturalised themselves.


Super bumper blossom year so far.




 

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Spring Bank Holiday Craft Fair - Saturday 27th May 2023

Looking for ward to the Spring Bank Holiday craft fair in Glastonbury where I'll have a range of my paintings, prints, handmade cards, crochet and small gifts.









Sunday, 23 April 2023

Bird Moment Haiku: A Bright Balance of Feathers: Paperback Edition

Bird Moment Haiku: A Bright Balance of Feathers: Paperback Edition:   My author copies have arrived! It’s always exciting to open a parcel and find a new book. I’m so pleased to have released this new edition...

Wednesday, 12 April 2023

Spring green and gold in the garden

 

kerria


wallflower


hardy geranium, rose, (behind rose) knapweed, phlox, lungwort and small daffs (flowering now over) getting ready for summer


pulmonaria (lungwort)


birdbox and bluetit (taken from indoors hence the blurry image)


new leaves on the little tree


rosemary in full flower


tulips 


new leaves for the elephant ears (bergenia)


grass seed beginning to grow on new lawn area