Sunday, 29 January 2012

Fuchsia Memories

I have had an interest in fuchsias now for over 30yrs.

I have had many, lost a lot to cold winters, but still have photos to remember them.

 

Just a little to share till we see them new fuchsias grow . 

Hoping my 2011 fuchsias have come through the winter

Pinto de blue

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Chang

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Also  Unknown

 

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Paula Jane

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Forget Me Not

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And lastly my hydrangea I once had

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Monday, 23 January 2012

Part 2 A Stroll In My Garden

Its amazing to see how much growth in only a week.

Bulbs are really starting to show now.

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Karen Grey Peony Rose starting to show.

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Now you can see Muscari showing.

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Daphne now in budDSC08227

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Magnolia is still covered in fleece but its now pushing through.DSC08237Hot Chocolate my new rose which is beautiful.

http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/roses/shrub-rose/floribunda-roses/bush-rose/rosa-hot-chocolate

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Next time you have a stroll in my garden with me my Spring bulbs should all be in bloom.

A real splash of colour then.

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Sunday, 22 January 2012

Dunnottar Castle Stonehaven

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnottar_Castle

On our way home today we made a detour as it was such a beautiful day with blue sky.

But it was very cold and a strong wind blowing which made it difficult to stand!

A wonderful walk on not such a windy day.

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Thursday, 19 January 2012

Springboard

Hi everyone. Here we are on the 19th January already. It does not seem long since we were posting Christmas cards.

We have had many sunny but rather cold frosty days, however this does not stop life in the garden.

Soon all our snowdrops shall be blooming. In my own garden 4 are in bloom and the rest are not far behind.  

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Last year I personally collected and planted out a mass carpet of snowdrops in our local community garden and I popped down the other day to see if the snowdrops were showing, but no sign yet. As you can see, we have a big task ahead of us!

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Over the next few weeks I will be taking photos of the changes as the colours evolve in the garden.

Spring is my favourite time of the year with all the different spring bulbs and I will share with you my pots of tulip bulbs I planted back in early Autumn. They are now starting to show through.

In the photo below you can see one of my hellebores in bloom. I have so many of these treasures dotted around the garden.

The pot on its side is a spilling pot of Muscari. It wasn’t always broken but now adds to the effect in my garden.

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 Harvington Shades of Night

hellobore 

Not sure of the name of this one but I really like it.

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Monday, 16 January 2012

“Brandy with Ice!!”

Loch Brandy 15th January 2012

A Sunday afternoons walk just has to share some of my  Husbands photos with you.

We have amazing countryside with wonderful hills for walking

Map of route

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With the blue sky you could take this to be a summers day but not forgetting it was a cold January afternoon

 

 

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A real tough climb up but so worth it to see the impressive view.

This is called the snub

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And an Amazing sunset

 

 

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Friday, 13 January 2012

Driftwood cap in progress

Hi everyone I tried to crochet the atomic hat .

Pattern our Crochet me magazine but struggling so back to old faithful love this pattern Driftwood.

 

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And you can I use Bamboo hooks

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Used Sirdar Crofter

Chunky yarn

And Hand crochet shoulder wrap selling on ebay

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