Oct 19, 2021 | Life's Adventures, Social
A tsunami of devastation sweeps through the garden. The whining growl of chainsaws lay to rest several giant, aged ash trees wasted by disease. They do not go quietly. The trees look deceptively vibrant with lusciously rich green leaves that wave in greeting as I look...
Sep 22, 2020 | Life's Adventures, Social
The garden always looks so fabulous when it’s sunny. Dappled light patterns the ground and sunshine streams through the trees highlighting deep shadows sculpting the scene. Yesterday we had a group of artists here who spent the day drawing and painting. They had a...
Jun 28, 2020 | Life's Adventures, Social
The red of this rose has to be the zingiest, brightest red ever. It glows so brilliantly you can see it through all the other greenery around it. Here it is fully exposed but from other angles in the garden it looks like there are strange bright red lights hanging in...
Jun 2, 2020 | Life's Adventures, Social
Black and orange bumble bee on the orange buddleia. The bees clearly live this shrub as each flower was occupied with a different bee. Fat ones, thin ones, big and small, honey bees and bumble bees, orange, yellow, brown and black. I don’t think that I’ve seen so many...
May 28, 2020 | Life's Adventures, Social
Rubies glinting in the afternoon sun. View this post on Instagram Rubies glinting in the afternoon sun. A post shared by Georgina Lester (@georginalester) on May 28, 2020 at 8:25am...