Seasons

Posted on July 10, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Esther Chilton prompt, seasons, Spring, Summer, Weather, Winter, WritingLeave a comment

A writing prompt from Esther Chilton.

My favourite season is Spring. The anticipation of warm weather to come. Flowers and buds emerging after a bleak winter, and birds, bees and animals taking advantage of the newly green fields.

But to be honest this year the, spring seems to have started, but winter is still here in July. Low temperatures, low pressure and 80% of July’s rainfall in just 10 days in the UK has made for a dismal start to the summer. The jet stream is south of us scooping down cold and wet air from the Arctic.

Meanwhile Southern Europe is baking in record breaking heat with numerous deaths.

Hopefully it will turn into a mild autumn. Unless the weather morphs into a more wintery scene…..

Spring

Posted on June 11, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1966, Flowers, Garden, inspired, Life, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Season, SpringLeave a comment

What is your favorite season of year? Why?

Flowers open

First daffodils then tulips

Some promise of primroses

Helibores nod their head

Leaves unfurl and spread

Yellows and golds attract the bees

Their eyes subtle patterns insects see.

Guiding them to nectar

From flowers and trees.

That’s the season set to please!

Sad marigolds

Posted on June 10, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Gardening, Growing, June, Life, marigolds, Plants, Rain, seasons, Spring, Summer, Weeds4 Comments

Marigolds in a bag, something seems to have broken the flowers off. I’ve got to get them planted but yesterday the rain fall was stupendous. Today the weather was better, but I am very tired. Tomorrow could be the day they get planted. Meanwhile, the forecast is for more rain and cold winds coming from the north. June seems to be below par for the time of year. But I’m determined to get my garden looking good instead of full of overgrown weeds!

Silver birches

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Birches, Colour, Flowers, Life, lilac, noon, Poem, Poetry, Roses, Season, Spring, Summer, WoodsLeave a comment

Sunlight on birches

Silver and brown.

Spring is a blooming

In woods and on ground.

Bluebells are over

Now comes the new

Garlands of roses

Covered in dew

Clematis climbing

Lilac are blue

Purple and white

Flowers scented too.

Remember the birches

Other trees shine

Oak tree and walnut

Hornbeam and lime

Oh lovely summer

In you come soon

When sunlight is brightest

At wondrous noon.

Feels like autumn!

Posted on May 24, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Arctic, Atlantic, Autumn, Cold, Film, Gulf stream, Life, Spring, Summer, the day after tomorrow, Weather, WetLeave a comment

Some leaves are falling despite copious rain. It’s mid may up here in the northern hemisphere, but spring and summer feel far away. What is happening ? Is the climate changing? Maybe it’s a slow motion version of the film the day after tomorrow. Some talk of the Gulf stream current dwindling has been mooted over the last few years. The stream pulls up warm water from the Atlantic up the west coast of Wales and Scotland then on up to the Arctic. This floats above cold water travelling underneath it in the opposite direction. But humans seem to have the ability to mess things up. I have no proof of this. I’m merely speculating. But the weather is cold and grey. I think I’ll take a vitamin D tablet.

Bench

Posted on May 18, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Beauty, Bench, bloom, Colour, Dorothy Clive garden, fields, Flowers, Green, Life, Poem, Poetry, Rhododendrons, SpringLeave a comment

Why are you facing inwards bench?

Can’t you see the beautiful view?

The green and yellow hills

Beyond the fence…

Tiny farmhouses dotted alongside feilds

Sun shining on a golden harvest?

But I look in, said the bench

I see the quarry garden

Dug out of soil and stone

Carved into a bowl

Lined with rhododendrons

Azaleas, beech trees, oaks

Full of colour now, gaudy flowers

A waterfall splashes and ploshes

In the quarry cauldron

Hidden sculptures in maze like paths

Yes beyond the fence is lovely

But the Dorothy Clive garden is special.

Rhododendrons

Posted on May 14, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Bud, Flower, flower head, Garden, hot pink, Life, Petals, Rhododendrons, Soft, SpringLeave a comment

Beautiful bud, waiting to open, snugly wrapped in a soft covering. Soon the pink will fully unfurl, then the hot pink will blaze away in the sunlight. To join hundreds of other blooms signalling to the bees to pollenate them and so the life cycle continues.

Flowery

Posted on May 2, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Blossom, Cherry, Flowers, Garden, Green, Pear, Spring, Time, Trees, wild, Wild garlicLeave a comment

I think this is wild garlic? I took the photo a year ago. I love having a, wild and wooly garden. I am concerned that my fruit trees came into blossom early I haven’t seen many insects about so I’m not sure if they have been fertilised. I can only wait.

Summer

Posted on April 28, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1922, enthusiasm, Life, Memory, productive, Sadness, Spring, Summer, vitamin D2 Comments

When do you feel most productive?

I usually feel better in summer, at the moment the daylight is increasing and I feel slightly more productive. I somehow usually come out of myself in the spring, and as the season progresses I feel more enthusiastic.

This year? I don’t know, I’ve spent a lot of time just staring at things. My motivation is really low. I don’t go out much so I probably low on vitamin D. I will try and get over the feeling of sadness and anxiety. I would like to be more productive as the days lengthen. I will have to see what happens.

Tulips

Posted on April 28, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged effort, Garden, Growing, Growth, Memories, Photo, Spring, Time, Tired, Tulip, WorkLeave a comment

Last years tulips were beautiful. We had seven or eight in the pots outside our house, sadly this year I only had two. I haven’t got on top of gardening because of everything that’s been happening and I will regret not being able to keep up with the seasons. I’m going to try and make more of an effort, a bit at a time, give myself rests in between spells of gardening. It might take a while and I need to try and put the effort in

Mallaband-Brown

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