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21 midsummer snaps, with bees and things and flowers

I missed #SixOnSaturday yesterday, but I do have 21 snaps to share for Midsummers’ day. Inspired by Roy Ayres, ‘Everybody loves the sunshine’ and his lyric about ‘bees and things and flowers’ in the sunshine, here we go… 1. Nasturtiums, with the blurry bum of a white tail bumblebee just visible in the centre of the bloom. 2. The remains of the mullein flower stems were a feast for a couple of…

21 midsummer snaps, with bees and things and flowers

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Honeysuckle, Phlomis russeliana, thick legged flower beetle, micro moth, sweetpea and foxglove

Honeysuckle, Phlomis russeliana, thick legged flower beetle, micro moth, sweetpea and foxglove

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Iceberg rose, wisteria, tower, rhubarb, geranium, blackbird

Iceberg rose, wisteria, tower, rhubarb, geranium, blackbird

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Queen Lizzie, mare's tail, progress, red campion, green man and spring green hazel

This week the first rose bloomed. It’s a wonderfully perfumed pink rose. When we arrived it was planted by the doors of a summerhouse, the summerhouse didn’t last the winter, but the rose is well established. The variety is possibly ‘Queen Elizabeth,’ which seems apt, as HRH would have been 100 this week. I don’t think she’d be a very happy queen if she were around at the moment. She often…

Queen Lizzie, mare's tail, progress, red campion, green man and spring green hazel

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Marsh marigold, wisteria buds, bluebells, greenman, Andromeda and stepping stones

Marsh marigold, wisteria buds, bluebells, greenman, Andromeda and stepping stones

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Birthday, blooms, frost, tulips, lupins and more light - Six on Sat

Birthday, blooms, frost, tulips, lupins and more light - Six on Sat

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Sunshine, Senetti, greenhouse, hyacinth, horsey and disco - Six on Saturday

Around this time of year the sunshine starts to reach parts of the garden that have been in shade all winter. One disadvantage of this north facing hilly garden is how shady it is in December and January. So after all the months of being in full shade, it is a magical moment when the sunshine hits the disco ball on the twisted hazel tree. This year it happened on the 23rd Feb. The space is…

Sunshine, Senetti, greenhouse, hyacinth, horsey and disco - Six on Saturday

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Rainbow, crocus, daffodil, viburnum, forest film, butterflies and Hello World!

Rainbow, crocus, daffodil, viburnum, forest film, butterflies and Hello World!