Tuesday, 31 July 2007

Tuesday lunchtime


The teazles are all covered in flower.

Monday, 30 July 2007

Monday lunchtime


This is a general view of the pond with the water lilys of course.

Sunday, 29 July 2007

Sunday lunchtime


This is what's known as the pigeons coming home to roost, or they might be doves?

Saturday, 28 July 2007

Saturday lunchtime


The bees like the passion flower.

Friday, 27 July 2007

friday lunchtime


Another view of an arum lily.

Thursday, 26 July 2007

Thursday lunchtime


Forget me not; earlier in the year.

Wednesday, 25 July 2007

Wednesday afternoon


I do sometimes get out, this swan was on the little river near our local supermarket.

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

Tuesday lunchtime


I have finished Harry Potter... WOW!

To celebrate this is a snap dragon AKA antirrhinum.

Monday, 23 July 2007

2nd day after Potter


There have been lots of damsel flys round the pond.

Sunday, 22 July 2007

Ist day after Potter


This is a stephanotis, a house plant, its perfume is wonderful.

Saturday, 21 July 2007

Potter Day lunchtime


There is just one red hot poker in the garden, I thought this was quite an unusual view of it.

Friday, 20 July 2007

Friday lunchtime


It is raining cats and dogs outside. So I though George would do nicely today

Thursday, 19 July 2007

Thursday lunchtime


I was given a bunch of peonies. Although they looked magnificent, they were quite hard to photograph.

Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Wednesday lunchtime


I took this monbrecia the other day. It seems to be doing well.

Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Tuesday lunchtime


Here be a hebe. He be just outside the dining room window. Ouch!!!

Monday, 16 July 2007

Monday afternoon


I took this buddleia yesterday

Sunday, 15 July 2007

Sunday morning







The problem is not really the excesive rain we have been having. But the wind, the flowers won't stay still enough for close up work. So it is nice to be able to take an indoor gebera.

Saturday, 14 July 2007

Saturday Lunchtime


I saw on the tele last night that this is probably the oldest plant we have, a dinosaur plant. So I thought I'd put up another shot of our water lily

Friday, 13 July 2007

Friday lunchtime



This flower is called British Brodiaea. I had never heard of it, or seen it before. The bottom picture shows what it looks like in a bunch. Quite amazing!

Thursday, 12 July 2007

Thursday morning


This is supposed to be a bit rare. It is called beccabunga or cotton grass, it grows in our pond.

Wednesday, 11 July 2007

Wednesday lunchtime


I love lavender, I took this a couple of days ago when the sun came out.

Tuesday, 10 July 2007

Tuesday afternoon


I took this a little while back

Sunday, 8 July 2007

Sunday lunchtime


This poppy is hiding, but the rain got it when it finally came out.

Saturday, 7 July 2007

Saturday


My first love is flowers. I may see something else that would make a nice photograph, like my lovely animals, but really what I want to take is flowers. This poppy seems to have survived the rain.

Friday, 6 July 2007

friday lunchtime


I have a lovely cat too. Her name is Chloe.

Wednesday, 4 July 2007

wednesday


I don't just photograph flowers, I have a lovely dog called George

Tuesday, 3 July 2007

Tuesday lunchtime




Plants always look good with raindrops on them. This is an Arum Lily.

Monday, 2 July 2007

Monday afternoon


Earlier in the year I took this tulip. I thought it was very elegant

Sunday, 1 July 2007

Sunday morning


Here is one I took earlier, a pond Iris.