Showing posts with label Violas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Violas. Show all posts

Monday, January 31, 2022

31/01/2022 Just made it before the end of the month :-)

The maximum temperature here today is 10⁰C, minimum 3⁰C. Rain this morning but it has cleared a bit now with quite a lot of clouds. Wind 21km/h North-Westerly winds with gusts up to 44 km/h.   We have had a very cold past week,  temps went down to -5⁰C and maximums were only at 3⁰C.  Far too cold for me!!

The bud from the Red Robin shrub. (Photinia x fraseri)

Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) hanging on the shutter and looking in the window.

Our neighbour's lambs...

as above...

Mum watching me carefully...

and her babies.

Around the garden, if I look hard!
Top - Bergenia cordifolia and Bellis perennis.
Bottom - Viburnum tinus and Viola riviniana.

The seed pods from the hibiscus.

The lambs, 4 days older than above....

as above...

As above.

The only water birds I see around here are my two wooden Mallards.

There has not been a lot to take photos of, but I have some great shots of some of the birds seen in the last fortnight.  They are all on my bird blog.


My local list of wildflowers. (91 Species 02/12/2021).

See also my


Thursday, June 18, 2020

18/06/2020 A few flowers over the last few days mostly from home.

Maximum temperature here today 17⁰C, minimum 11⁰C. Rain measured this morning 11 mm. 15km/h South-Westerly winds with gusts up to 42 km/h.

Orchid in the house.

Poinsettia in the house, still holding on since Christmas and it has new shoots.

Rose from our garden...

and a few days later.  Wish I could add the perfume.

Potato flower - our garden and an unknown bug.

The start of grapes - our garden.

Hydrangea - our garden.

Violas - our garden.

A neighbour's clematis.

A neighbour's honeysuckle.

A dahlia from down the road.


My local list of wildflowers. (69 Species 18/06/2020)

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

14/04/2020 Flowers in the garden at present, some wild others planted.

Maximum temperature here today 18⁰C, minimum 8⁰C (but felt like 3⁰C !). Dry today but 4 mms rain Sunday night.  23km/h North-easterly icy cold wind with gusts up to 51 km/h. 

Wallflowers.


Vinca


Calendula.


Lawn Daisy and wild violets.


Orange poppies.


Flag Iris.


Apple blossom.


Ground ivy, a weed but I think the little flowers are very cute.


Quince blossom.


Spanish bluebells.


A single flowering peony.


Wild bluebells.


Black tulips.


Violas.


Californian poppy.


Gorse.


No flowers but little figs appearing.



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Thursday, April 11, 2019

11/04/2019 Just around the garden.

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 5C.  Dry.   16 km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 36 km/h.
The temperatures drop again tomorrow, possible frost on Sunday!

Apologies for the long break in posts but I have had a really bad cold/flu and although I am almost feeling better, I still have very little energy and of course the cough is back again.  Meanwhile, Nigel is now in bed with the same problem plus continuous headaches.

Violas.

Acer tree - I have never discovered which type!

Ginkgo biloba.

Wild Violets.

A happy bee.

Speckled Wood - (Pararge aegeria).

Gendarme beetle or firebug  (Pyrrhocoris apterus).  There are already a lot here and I guess this means a few more!

Bay tree (Laurus nobilis) in flower.

Cherry blossom.

Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata [Sundance])

Tulips, and yes the bulbs came from Amsterdam.

 These last four photos were taken with the loan of a macro lens.  Guess I need lots of practice, but I am thinking it would be fun to get my own lens.
Bee...

As above.

A very tiny fly of some kind, maybe someone would be kind enough to ID it for me?

The stamens of a camellia flower.



See also my Bird blog