miss marie's miscellany

Snowdrops

The first snowdrops of this year....... it was lovely to find these in the garden today. 

 

Slowly but surely, spring is making its presence felt. So much to look forward to.........

 
 

More of the white stuff

When the sky looks like this

and the leaves have an icy coating like this

 

You know what's coming!

 

It does look magical, but I think I'm done with the snow now. 

 

 

2009 - Review of the year

Another year is almost over, and what have I done? 

I visited all these interesting and beautiful places

 

I've grown all these flowers and enjoyed their colour and beauty

 

I taught myself to crochet and started a new obsession! And I made all these,

 

I have read all the books in this list.

I took 3863 photographs!

And I watched the changing of the seasons

  Starting to write this blog was a big step for me, and it's been quite a journey, gaining the confidence to write and show my photos here. I wouldn't have missed it for anything! Many thanks to everyone who has visited and commented over the year. I really do appreciate you stopping by and all your encouraging words. I hope you'll be back to see what 2010 will bring. Happy New Year to you all :-)

 
 

  

22nd

During this cold, snowy weather we are enjoying(?!)I find myself craving some floral colour; so today for our advent post, we have a horticultural retrospective of this year, some of the lovely blooms I've grown in my garden and seen when out and about. I hope it brightens your day!

 

8th

A must for any gardener or garden lover during Advent, Christmas roses. I love the pink and green tinged hues of these flowers. Lovely!

 

6th

Pretty pink berries in the snow 

November collage

November seems to have flown by, time again for another monthly collage!

 

Yucky weather

We have been experiencing some turbulence here at the moment; gale force winds and torrential rain. I'm commuting to Edinburgh at the moment and the driving conditions have been horrible, pretty scary. But today, although it's still breezy, for the first time in ages there are blue skies and sunshine

 

It's such a lift to the spirits.

 As is this,

 

spotted in the garden today. What a treat to find something growing when winter is so close. 

A short post today, but I just thought I'd pop in and say hello!

 
 

Seed heads

Fennel seed heads

 

Looking delicate against the grey November sky. 

October collage

Fairly slim pickings this month, due to bad cold and busy work. But the autumn colours are rich and my crocheting is getting better, and giving me a lot of pleasure and much stress relief.