snow

Just one more… or is it two?

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So little time this week, but how can you resist late April snow on an Amelanchier?  I just had to tiptoe across the garden in my ‘jamas.  Barely ten minutes later the sun was had melted most of it away.  Was I imagining things?

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No more macros from me.  I’m catching a plane early tomorrow.  But you might squeeze one in?  Jude would love it if you could.

I ought to disable comments but by the time I work out how to, it’ll be tomorrow, so please excuse me if I don’t reply.  Bye for now!  See you in 2 weeks.  Stay well!

Winter Garden ‘Snowku’

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Is there any such word?

Cold and shivery, if so!

Tiny ice crystals

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Snow was fleeting in my part of the world, so I had to be quick with the camera.  While Jude was loitering inside the glasshouse I was out in the fingerless gloves.  Who’s the fool, I ask myself.  Certainly not Jude!

When I was folder-ing these away, I came across some evidence that our hellebores really don’t seem to mind snow.  Nor the rhododendrons, come to that.  But then, don’t they come from the Himalayas?

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That’s quite enough snowku for this month!  I just sneaked a look at next month’s Garden Photography Challenge.  ‘Monochrome’… over to you!

Six word Saturday

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Let it snow!  Let it snow!

Especially on a Christmas chalet!

Especially on a Christmas chalet!

And on the trendy Christmas tree

Or a trendy Christmas tree

The tree ornaments would like some too

The tree ornaments would like some too

And Santa, naturally!

And Santa, naturally!

Not to mention the Gingerbread Men

Not to mention the Gingerbread Men

Aren't these modern ornaments smart?

Aren’t these modern ornaments smart?

Nice for the modern home!

Nice for the trendier home!

But this is the one that won my heart

But this is the one that won my heart

Is there any more to say?

Is there any more to say?

I’ve resisted turning on the WordPress snow till now, but why resist any longer?  I think it’s definitely coming!  I’d better start shopping.

Have a merry weekend, then wrap up warm for my walk on Monday.  I wonder if Cate’s done all her shopping yet? Visit her on Six word Saturday to find out.

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Weekly Photo Challenge : Colour

How do you like your colour- strong or weak?

I find that I have a distinct preference for the pastel and washed out tones.

The non-colour of the sea

The non-colour of the sea late in the day

Even better when the wind is whipping it?

Even better when the wind is whipping it?

Or with a hint of colour as the fog rolls in

Or with a hint of colour as the fog rolls in

The whitening of snow changes everything.

Our garden this Winter

Our garden this Winter

And blots out all the colour from the landscape

And blots out all the colour from the landscape

And glints through the leaves in Autumn

Uplifting lemon colours the leaves in Autumn

Old gold plays on Medieval architecture

Old gold haunts Medieval architecture

The brazen face of the sunflower

The sunflower shows its bold face

Mingling with the friendly oranges

Lemons mingling with friendly oranges

Voluptuous in their display

And what about this voluptuous display!

Hotter still the hibiscus

Hotter still, the hibiscus

Flirting with the green in the greenhouse

Flirting with colour in the greenhouse

 
 
Teasing the blue

Teasing the blue

Ah, those blues!  Who could forget Porto?

Everywhere in the cathedral

It was everywhere in the cathedral

All the way to the spectacular, and midnight.

All the way to the spectacular, and midnight in Durham.

And it wouldn't be complete without my favourite bridge, and we're back with the subtle colour.

But it wouldn’t be complete without my favourite bridge.

And the subtle colours that I love

And those subtle colours that I love

Like sunshine on the water

Like sunshine on the water

I think that’s it!  The full spectrum of colours for me.  Which would you choose?

Check out the other entries on this week’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge.  I’m just a little bit earlier this week.

Six word Saturday

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From a wedding to a funeral

Last week I shared with you the joy of my daughter’s Victorian style wedding.  On Monday the husband of a lifelong friend died, after she had cared for him at home, very courageously.  On Thursday we attended a moving ceremony, and said our goodbyes.  So much can change in a week.

All week long I’ve been wondering if I should share these six words, which have played again and again in my head.  Yesterday evening I spent some time looking at my daughter’s photos of her Venice honeymoon.  When “we girls” were together after the funeral we talked about “old times”, as we always do.  And, of course, the subject of Lisa and the wedding was raised.  She sometimes lay in her carry-cot at the “Girl’s Nights” we held in each other’s homes back then.  We still do, though the children are long grown.  I felt that I  needed to share these six words this week, and to share with them a couple of her beautiful photographs.

Lisa in Venice

Lisa in Venice

The Palazzo Ducale, covered in snow

The Palazzo Ducale, covered in snow

Did you ever see more beautiful rooftops?

Did you ever see more beautiful rooftops?

These masked revellers were beautiful in white too

These masked revellers were beautiful in white too

And how about pretty in pink?

And wasn’t this lady pretty in pink?

But, of course, it ends with Lisa

But, of course, it all comes back to Lisa

Life is short.  Love while you can.

Join with Cate at Show My Face to share your six words for this week, and to share in the lives of others.  Click on the header or the link.

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Six word Saturday

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I love it, but hate it!

Just a smattering, seen through the conservatory window
It’s coming! It’s coming!
Run upstairs and look out of the window
Let’s check out the park
So pretty and ethereal
Not frozen- yet!
Water glistens on the tree
There I am, but look at that sky!
Droplets were melting and blowing off the trees
Just one romantic couple
Noone sitting on the benches today
A delicate snow bush
Over the hedge, the bowling green
No tea and cake in the pavilion today
The melancholy clock tower

You know what I’m talking about.  Magical soft fat flakes that have me rushing out to play.  Followed by grumpy Alice a day or two later, when it’s turned to a slippery grey skating rink.

Click on the first photo to see them in gallery form.  It’s clever, isn’t it?

Have you got six words to sum up your week?  Cate at Show My Face will be delighted for you to join in.  Click on the header or the link to find out more.

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