Why is Spring always such a surprise each year? I was speaking to my sister-in-law about this today when we went over to see her and we said it is always such a surprise and joy each year. CBC and I have been very much enjoying our garden this week on holiday. It is sunny and beautiful. I thought I'd share a few little photos with you.
Jolly daffodils. Remember when they were just tiny shoots in that blog post I wrote in early March?
I always find the orange trumpeted ones especially comic!
These frilly ones remind me of a yellow tutu my sister had.
The long established guardians of this garden, the old trees tower impressively against a blue sky.
The blossom fills the branches like icing.
I totally forgot that this glorious pink shrub flowers early in the year!
The soundtrack to our Spring is a riotous din of birds galore- robins, blackbirds, collar doves, wood pigeons, chaffinches, starlings, great tits. The daring robin was constantly around my ankles as I was pruning back brambles, nettles, roses and raking leaves. Yet, despite being centimetres from me, as soon as I fetched the camera he was extremely skittish.
An unexpected visitor as we ate breakfast was this rather lengthy worm. He slid nonchalantly along. I'm not sure if he'd have been so nonchalant if we hadn't been there to protect him from the hungry birds.
A little spot of purple.
A sumptuous patch of hyacinths.
And by the trees, the odd Primrose.
A pink plant by the house.
A last view of this blessed blossom. There's so much more in my garden
Do you care to share your April garden with me? Please let me know if you do in the comments.
xx
Aww, it looks beautiful. I love the flowers, so colourful and pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful, beautiful. The worm was the Robin's meal provided by our Creator, haha, poor hungry Robin. No wonder he was so persistent. He wanted that worm.
ReplyDeleteMy garden are still not growing yet. We still have snow on most of the ground but I can see some daffodil tip poking out.
Take care and enjoy all the beauty.
Hugs, Julia
My good new look at the length of that worm! A gastropub in your back garden for the birds if they get their beaks on him!
ReplyDeleteLisa x
We have a while to wait but May will be pretty! Your garden is so friendly and fresh!
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely! Our garden is in bloom as well - maybe I'll post the photos on my blog some day.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. Love Daffodils, to me it means Spring is here!
ReplyDeleteJulie xxxxx
Isn't it lovely to hear the birdsong? I'm sure I have thrushes nesting in my bamboo, there was certainly a lot of coming and going yesterday. I think that first pink shrub is an azalea.
ReplyDeletebeautiful flowers...Spring is truly a magical time.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Spring wonderful? They say that "Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment", which is really true, I think. What wonderful flowers you have in your garden. I think Fiona's right, and that the first shrub is an Azalea. We had one growing in a pot, but I'm not sure it survived winter ... xxx
ReplyDeleteYou have such a lovely garden :) I bet you will miss it when you move one day - or are you looking for a house with a similar garden?!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a gardener at all, as you may remember when you sat in it last summer. But that's not to say I don't appreciate all these lovely blooms in yours. That worm was indeed lucky your cheeky robin didn't get hold of him!
ReplyDeleteAnna x
Why Kezzie, what a long worm you have! The blackbird in my garden has taken to following me round, he literally flies along with me, because he knows I'm digging and he might find worms!
ReplyDeleteYour garden's looking lovely, so many lovely flowers x
Your garden is looking good!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms.
All the best Jan