On the Lawn
The weather's been glorious this past couple of days and suddenly everything's in flower. Our top lawn, which was only mown a couple of weeks ago, is speckled with dandelions, like little suns.
In amongst the dandelions are other things too.
Dandelions and forget-me-nots:
Dandelions and daisies:
Dandelions and violets:
Okay, so perhaps we don't have the neat stripes, but I prefer the flowers. And we do have the neat edges - see the top photo - and here amongst the dandelions is the eighty-four-year-old gardener who neatened them: my mother Joan.
Many thanks to Silverback who took this superb photograph of her yesterday. I can see the young woman in the eighty-four-year old, because - as she said when she saw the photo - "Oh, I do look happy!" Of course, she's very fit and her hair has hardly gone grey and she looks younger than her age anyway - but I think this photo really captures her personality.
She was outside - and she loves being outside - doing one of the things she likes doing best: gardening. Wonderful.
In amongst the dandelions are other things too.Dandelions and forget-me-nots:
Dandelions and daisies:
Dandelions and violets:
Okay, so perhaps we don't have the neat stripes, but I prefer the flowers. And we do have the neat edges - see the top photo - and here amongst the dandelions is the eighty-four-year-old gardener who neatened them: my mother Joan.
Many thanks to Silverback who took this superb photograph of her yesterday. I can see the young woman in the eighty-four-year old, because - as she said when she saw the photo - "Oh, I do look happy!" Of course, she's very fit and her hair has hardly gone grey and she looks younger than her age anyway - but I think this photo really captures her personality.She was outside - and she loves being outside - doing one of the things she likes doing best: gardening. Wonderful.
posted by Daphne at 6:00 pm
4 Comments:
I have most of those in my garden too, Daphne (apart from your mother of course) and I call them.....weeds !
Ian
Glorious British wild flowers, that's what I call them. It's all a question of perception. Coincidentally, my view saves much time which might otherwise be spent weeding.
Nice photo, and she looks great for 84!
Isn't the weather fabulous??!!
84? She's having you on.
Our top field is a great sight at the moment - four-and-a-half acres of daisies and dandelions.
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