Winter Garden

[puddleshark]

Another grey February day. But in the gardens at Holme, the dogwood twigs very bright.


Nandina domestica, maybe?


A few early daffodils regretting their life choices.




Iris reticulata.



Brrr. So cold. Apparently my complaint about yesterday's weather made the east wind bitter. Didn't spend long in the gardens today, just snatched a few quick shots, with the wind trying to freeze my fingers.

*hugs mug of tea*

My tiny hands are still frozen... Well, actually my hands are not tiny. It has been proven. I nipped into Mountain Warehouse while I was in town last week and bought a pair of medium-sized gloves. I couldn't try them on before buying, because they were firmly attached with plastic ties to a piece of card. And when I got home and tried them on, the fingers were ridiculously short. A pair of gloves that would fit only the sinister Locksmiths in Frances Hardinge's books, with their tiny, lemon-scented hands.

The moral of the story being "Never buy gloves you cannot try on."

Comments

[lamentables]

I love the way these colours seem both muted and intense. (Apart from the blue, that's not muted.)

[sartorias]

Love those top pics especially.

Yeah, I always go for the largest gloves offered and go from there. (I have long palms and fingers)

[nikonf3]

We have tiny dafs, like 6 inches tall, blooming and hellebore in a pot, back for the second year. Because the daffodils are so close to the ground, they seem to be avoiding the ill effects of the wind.

[puddleshark]

There's not much colour on a grey February day, but what colour there is seems all the more intense.

Yes. Those irises are not holding back... :-)

[puddleshark]

Thank you!

I've learnt my lesson. If a shop is selling gloves in a way that makes it impossible to try them on, then there is probably a good reason why they don't want you to try them on.

[puddleshark]

Normally I would have miniature daffodils flowering in my back garden by now, but there's no sign of them yet this year. The primroses are out though. Mixed signs. Is spring coming or is it not?

[kaishin108]

Brrr It is so hard to try on gloves these days! It sounds like yours were Made in China, sigh.

[puddleshark]

Yes. A lot of the outdoor wear sold in the UK seems to be made in China these days, and the sizing is often weird.

[nikonf3]

Not enough solar energy?

[puddleshark]

Almost certainly. Haven't seen the sun in days... :-)