In the garden...

This is my favourite spot in the garden right now.

And this...

... has been my favourite Foxglove in the garden this year!

A beauty!

A few weeks ago we made a new herbaceous border in the garden.

I hadn't expected it to happen but we needed

to get rid of an old woody hedge and an apple tree, which was

way past its sell by date.

I planted the border with a mixture of finds from my favourite nursery and

a few bits which I'd sown myself.

And now it's just starting to take shape.

I love pottering around in this little area right now!

I've been glad of the rain, just lately, to give these new additions

a good start to life in my garden.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Tomorrow, I am off on a jolly or two... but closer to home!!

;-) x

Alone and happy ;-)

What a beautiful day!

We have Swallows nesting in the carport.

The parents sit on these wires and then fly in through the trellis to feed their young.

Or they fly in the back way, right by my study..it's a joy to watch them...and oh the noise!

I've spent the day here at 'Woodpeckers', alone ...just me and the garden.

I've not seen another human being since the men of the house disappeared to work.

But I have smiled!

These are the things that have made me smile...

My dark pink Lewisia ,'flirting' with other plants to make a spectacular picture.

The wooded place at the bottom of the garden,where the foxgloves and nettles intertwine...a place which is my retreat... where I have rested awhile to gather my thoughts and energy.


A beauty of a Poppy.

Little containers of loveliness.

We live next to what was once a village school (now the church hall)... our house was built in the old school playground and that brings a smile to my face.

The place where Mr S and I often sit and enjoy the nature of Woodpeckers.

A lovely day just enjoying one's own company.

I hope your day has been just as lovely!

;-)