Advice on first frost in DorsetClean the chimneys and light the fires.Feed the animals and family.Snuggle in with a bedfellow,Sooner rather than later. STOP! But stop a moment, before all that, go and see The Snow Queen.A few weeks ago before I was distracted in London, my wife was given two tickets for the Ballet […]
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October Roses
Beauty and the Beast; summer’s gone but some colour hangs on.
Good Luck
Pink for a Southern Belle – Susangelique
One answer to global warming
I hope to do a sculpture of this Fell Pony in time for the Christmas exhibition in London. This is one of the most “more-ish” sports I know. More pictures to come soon.
Dedicated to all those young who will not see this again
Here is a picture of the woods here. I dedicate this picture to all the young who will not see something like this again as a result of gun crime. Since the swallows left in October last, the little stable yard outside my studio (the old tack room) has been very quiet. Yes, a dozen […]
White Violets ?
Marly, I am a total guesser though, yes I believe these are English native Violets. I will need to look more deeply though to find them. These sound as if they are North American. http://www.msuturfweeds.net/details/_/wild_violet_17/ http://www.blupete.com/Nature/Wildflowers/VioletW.htm http://www.prairiefrontier.com/pages/natvpics/nativee6.html
Riot of spring
Here very quickly are some pictures of spring today. Primroses, a white violet, hawthorn (blackthorn) and for Erik a Tulip!
For Chris
Well it varies! My favourite which we bought last year was £15, ($ 28) it had a good number of flowers but was rather “leggy” and so in the “sale” at half price. This year it is doing well but still a bit “leggy”. I think when it has flowered you can prune it so […]
Camellias
Camellia Sunday, here are the first 8 of the 16 or so I photographed at the annual sale. You may love or hate looking at plants, on the whole I get bored quickly except for Azaleas and Camellias when in abundance. I recommend Exbury Gardens for Azaleas. If it is Camellias you like then you […]
Drax
Everyone who comes to visit us for the first time asks, as they arrive, “what is that great arch with the deer on it just up the road”? We call it Stag Gate. We live in an interesting part of England. The answer is Charlborough Park, The Drax estate. The Wikipedia entry is well worth […]
