At last! Today I have been able to spend a little time sitting on the garden swing contemplating nothing much, which is how I like it. The sun has shone, the breeze has held its breath, and the temperature has been just right. I realised that today, for the first time, I could actually smell the lovely yellow hyacinths and not just those but also the fabulous little winter-flowering violas that colour a tiny border at the foot of the swing. It's the first time since I planted the violas late last autumn that I have actually been aware of their perfume. Also, I could hear the birds twittering, Alfie my cat kept ruining my peace by continually leaping up and off the fence but no matter, he was full of the joys of a late spring too, and if there is a
scarcity of bumble bees in this country well, hey, they are all in my garden bumbling about.
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Fragrant winter flowering violas 30/04/2013
still flowering 6 months after planting. |
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Fragrant winter flowering violas 30/04/2013
Aren't they beautiful? |
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