Orchid

Posted on August 4, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Buds, cataract, Choir, Flowers, Growing, Orchids, Rain, Shower, Singing, Weather1 Comment

I didn’t notice but one of my orchids has flowered. Not a good photo, lots of camera shake. You can just see there are a few lower buds yet to open.

Today I got soaked walking 100 yards to choir practice. I can’t drive and I struggle to manage with a walking stick and a brolly, so I left it behind It was drizzling when I went out but it came down heavy as I walked along. So much so it was raining into my eyes. I was told not to get water in my eye that had been operated on. I avoided doing it in the shower but unfortunately the weather got the better of me. Still I have antibiotic eye drops to put in.

Which reminds me I’d better water the orchids.

Poppy’s are out!

Posted on May 14, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Buds, Closed, dappled sun, Green, opened, Plants, Poppies, popping!, Red, Spring, SunlightLeave a comment

Last week when I saw these on the local allotment they were hardly in bud. Not anymore! They are glorious. The red pops against the greens. The sunlight splashes down onto the plants and paving. A cool breeze made light shimmer over the heads of the poppies. What a warm sunlit spring it’s been. But we might have a drought!

Mossy

Posted on April 30, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blossom, Buds, Gardening, Green, Leaves, Life, Moss, Poem, Poetry, seasons, SpringLeave a comment

End of April,

the moss is greening nicely

Moist air, no sun

Cool showers..

Vitamin D

What’s that?

Buds burst

and leaves open fully

Spring sprang last week

Next flowers

Soon, fruit.

Buds on the willow tree

Posted on March 20, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Birds, Blue tits, Buddlea, Buds, fuzzy catkins, Gardening, Growing, Life, old willow, WillowLeave a comment

Ooo the fuzzy buds are opening on the old willow tree in the garden. Once they fully open the blue tits will start pulling at them, I don’t know if they get the fluff out of them to use in their nests or if they are eating insects on them?

I’m not sure what type of willow tree it is, I think it’s a wild type, one that floats in on a seed and grows, a bit like a buddlea Bush, we have them too. They sneak in, but the butterflies love them. Which reminds me, I need to prune the buddleas, you have to cut them back by two thirds before they start growing in the spring, so that’s a job to do. Spring is on the way! Gardening begins.

Buds required

Posted on March 6, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Air, Buds, Bushes, dry, February, Garden, Gardening, Life, Nature, Snow, snowfall, Spring, Trees, Water1 Comment

Come on rain, its been the driest February for years. The trees and bushes need a good sprinkling of rain. I can see tiny buds on our willow tree but they aren’t opening. The branches and twigs are bare. We may get some snow this week. But I didn’t know that ten centimetres of snow is equivalent to one centimetre of rain? That’s because fallen snow is mainly made up of air (think of how snow flakes are crystals that branch and leave gaps and air pockets). Let it rain, for a while, water the trees, please!

When will they flower?

Posted on May 14, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ariel roots, Buds, Feeding, Flowering, Growing, Indoor plants, Learning, Orchids, Watering2 Comments

My orchids occasionally flower, but they haven’t for ages. The new one I bought still has flowers on it, but the buds soon fell off. I’m trying to feed them but I think I need to get bigger pots for them and new orchid compost/ fibre. I probably don’t water them enough and I don’t spray mist them. But I have had them for years. They have lots of ariel roots, there leaves are mostly green. So I will try and pamper them more.

Daffodils

Posted on March 26, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Buds, Daffodils, Flowers, Gardening, Green, Growing, Orange, photosynthesise, Plants, Spring, YellowLeave a comment

Yellow and orange. Large flower heds. In front of the house. Cheerful and bright. They delight me when I come home. Signs of spring are showing everywhere now. The trees are starting to blossom, buds are swelling on the branches in my garden. I’ve seen blossom on the trees along the canal. But it’s been dry and sunny, it’s been exceptionally warm for this time in March. I worry because the temperatures are due to fall next week and frost might nip at the buds. But if it stays dry they might be OK. What we need now is rain to swell the buds and start the growth process. Cells expand when they absorb water, the become turgid and then, they start to photosynthesise. We are at the turn of the year.

Spring is springing

Posted on March 2, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Buds, Growing, Leaves, Life, March, Poem, Poetry, Spring, Trees, Weather, Westport lakeLeave a comment

Buds are bursting

Leaves are appearing

Pigeons are roosting in the rain

The sky’s are grey

Ducks and geese wander

Round Westport Lake.

A gentle walk

Taking in the view

Dampened by the drizzle

Laceworks of twigs

Fill in the gaps

Soon there will be daffodils

Crocuses and tulips

Then May blossom.

March,

In like a lion

Out like a lamb

(or vice versa)

Soon to be revealed…..

Morning glory

Posted on September 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Buds, Flower, Garden, Life, Morning glory, Photo, Plant, Purple, Tendrils, Yard2 Comments

Several plants and one flower later! The other morning glory plants have buds on them. But the weather is set to be cold and wet from tomorrow, so they might all wilt! Anyway here is a tiny flower, I’m please it’s come out!

Mallaband-Brown

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