What a beautiful day! So off we went to the river in Bedford…..and look who we saw, displaying herself to maximum effect!
Well, I hope you like them.
That’s All!
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Just One Swan a Swimming!
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Raindrops on………
A bit of rain followed by a bit of sun and blue sky……
Whole little worlds!
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Cerinthe in the Rain
I inherited a plant from my mum that always amazes me with both its hardiness and ability to survive almost anything coupled with its amazing flowers. The cerinthe’s flowers remind me of dragons….maybe it’s the way they fall and the shape of them. I think they’re lovely – my dragon flower the Cerinthe.
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Amethyst Deceiver
Earlier this week I took my grandsons to Cooper’s Hill in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Whilst they were climbing trees and having fun I was spotting fungi. And then I found some purple fungi…..I’ve never seen purple fungi before so I was very excited and out came the trusty camera. Research led me to finding out that they are called Amethyst Deceivers and are edible (though I’m not going to be frying them up for dinner!).
This is probably going to be the first of a few fungal blogs as there were so many different ones at Cooper’s Hill!
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Kaffir Lilies in the Rain
I most enjoy bright sunny days for photography…..however, the rain can produce some lovely effects. These Kaffir Lilies have just come out in the last week and very pretty they are too…..
Hope you like them!
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An Ode to the Stinking Iris, Poor Thing!
We have many stinking irises in our garden-they are very hardy and will survive almost anything including very vigorous hack backs by myself! They are so prevalent that I sometimes forget how pretty the flowers are and how striking the seeds and seedpods too…..
And here’s the seed pod….
Now sometimes I can be inspired towards poetry and today I found myself pondering the rather brutal name of such a pretty flower and why someone would have called it a ‘Stinking Iris’ when I have never detected unpleasantness in its vicinity…..ahem…..
An Ode to the Stinking Iris..
1) Oh what, pray tell, did you ever do
To deserve such a horrid name?
For surely you are pretty
Who can be the one to blame?
2) Was it that chap who crushed your leaves
And you, in your defence,
Released a rather pongy smell
An odour quite immense!
3) “Oh me oh my,” he shouted
“What stench assaults my nose?”
He glares at the poor dear iris
While the stink around him grows!
4) He snarled, “I am a botanist
And you have got me thinking
Your name is no longer just ‘iris’
I’ve added the adjective ‘stinking!”
Well-if you wanted to find out more about “Iris Foetidissima” click here.
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Dahlias at RHS Garden Wisley
We picked the perfect day last week to visit Wisley….what an amazing place with floral displays that were second to none. Being a dahlia fan, I was hoping they’d have a good selection and I wasn’t disappointed! Look……………
So you see, I was a very happy dahlia-loving bunny!
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Dragonflies-again!
It seems I can’t resist them! Here’s a few more dragonflies…..
And there’s a few from Turkey……
And that’s about it!
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The Most Amazing Hoya!
I was given a Hoya Carnosa about 4 years ago and it did nothing for 2 years. I then moved it to an upstairs windowsill with sun in the afternoon…………….
Oh me oh my! I think it likes it here! It had one lot of flowers last year and this year it has 6! It is also called the Porcelain plant or the Wax plant.
It is the most amazing (as in the title) textured plant!
I find them fascinating and as I sit here I can tell you they also have a sweet perfume!
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Costa Rican Reptiles
So we met some rather lovely reptiles including this handsome chap in Tortuguero……
Then we met these two lizards, the first being the female and the second the male.
Then to finish, this casual chap and his higher shadow!
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