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Awesome sunset clouds #5 – 04.08.21
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Lantana Cushion – MKW-F.88
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Frogbit
The small pond has a flower! I thought something had fallen in, but it was a small white flower. I haven’t really taken many pictures of the pond yet as it really is very small, above ground and not as easy to photograph as I would like. This however, was a real treat to see as I wasn’t sure any of the small pond plants I bought would make it. After I dealt with the mosquito takeover it seemed ok.
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Weird skies
Have to say, after upping the contrast and changing to black and white, the clouds looked just a bit weird.
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Bombus hortorum bee
Some of the new flowers I bought earlier in the year that survived the postage, the wildlife and the weather are now in full bloom and are bringing many bees in. I didn’t know they would be so bee friendly, but it’s a nice suprise. This visitor went through every flower on the salvia ‘hot lips’ one. It was quite a task to get some shots in while it was doing it’s thing, bit I got a couple of awesome ones. In the third picture you can really appreciate how long their tongues are to be able to get to the nectar with such long petals in the way.
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More calendula
I love this flower very much.
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Meadow brown butterfly
Quite a change to the usual situation where I see a butterfly and they immediately sense my excitement and leave. Or they are often just passing through, as they do. But this one stayed for a while, even moving onto different plants and a leaves and waiting for me to take a shot. First three pics are from this month, the last one is from last year when it was the lavendar tempting them in. The buddleia has now established itself, so hopefully that will give them plenty to stop by for.
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Carrots from seed – updates from the sill
My kitchen window sill has now become the seed growing spot. I see them every morning and throughout the day, so realised that is their best chance of light every day, and general survival. After planting out the peppers, I started carrots at the at the same time as the broccoli and they finally started, its taken a week for these seeds to get going at all, but within a day of them showing signs of pushing through, we have more. It is on! 🥕
Hopefully they will all make it and by the time they need repotting I may have upgraded some others. Although they do all the hard work by growing, there is much to do to give them the best conditions to do that in.
It’s growing companions on the sill for now are a slow starting pepper which was planted at the same time as the others, and some mixed leaf lettuce which appears to be coming along nicely. It will just be a mission to keep this for me, slugs have always been my memsis for growing salad so fingers crossed this year I find a natural way to keep them away.
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Spring blossom
Back in the Spring when it was all just starting.
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Tiny snail on basil
This morning there was a tiny snail making his way over the basil…
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