It is that time of year again. Out come the Christmas decorations and my favourites – the lights. The more coloured lights we have to brighten the dark days of winter the better I like it. Christmas decorations In the centre of the picture is Tweety...

Yesterday I visited the  RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)  Garden at Wisley.  Here are a few of the plants I saw in the Alpine house.  I hope they brighten up this Blooming Friday. Wisley Alpine House Narcissus bulbicodium subsp praecox 'Moulay...

The Digger and I spent the weekend in Manchester so that we could visit an Exhibition of Women Surrealist painters. The show was called Angels of Anarchy. There is a gardening theme in this post so bear with me. Surrealism was a movement in art and...

Yesterday winter made a brief appearance. It was wonderful. There was a blue sky, frost, clean cold air and I felt invigorated. On the surface of the pond there was a thin layer of ice. The delicate folds radiating out from the Waterlily leaves looked...

It has been raining on and off for days. Everything that can fill with water is full. This was the view yesterday at 12 noon. Depressing isn’t it. No wonder the cats spent all day asleep indoors. Wet, wet, wet! With weather like this  it any wonder...