One of my favourite gardens is at Coughton Court in Warwickshire - on a bright sunny day towards the end of September, the lime tree walk is at its very best. With a low sun streaming through their pollarded trunks, this avenue is certainly in the limelight! Becky at the Life of B's #JanuaryLight challenge … Continue reading Pollarded Limelight

The Big Garden Birdwatch 2020 takes place this weekend and so I thought it apt to choose 6 garden birds who have graced us with their presence today. We've noticed an increase in the number of birds in the garden during the last few weeks, I'm already hearing birdsong just before dawn and the bird … Continue reading Six on Saturday – Garden Birds

I photographed these kissing parakeets, perhaps in trothplight, hogging the limelight in Walsall Arboretum last Spring! They're easy to identify even before you see them as they have a very distinctive call, very different to our native birds, particularly in flight.... Ring necked parakeets are now commonly seen in the wild in the South East, … Continue reading Parakeets – in Trothplight?

This week I've continued with the #January Lights challenge and one of my photos was of lichen bathed in a rare moment of sunlight on a tree trunk. Having chosen this picture, I sought out information about lichens and decided to see if I could identify five more to photograph and feature on SoS today. … Continue reading Six on Saturday – Lichen

Believe it or not this bright yellow lichen is called Candelariella reflexa, lit beautifully by the sun, it has produced candlelight (excuse the slight spelling misnomer!) and so I've selected this photo for Becky at the Life of B's #JanuaryLight square photo challenge. Whilst lichens are non-parasitic and therefore not harmful to the plants they … Continue reading Lichen by Candlelight

More for Becky at the Life of B's #JanuaryLight square photo challenge, roses! I love roses, sadly not in bloom in the garden at this time of the year, but my parents gave me this lovely little miniature rose for my birthday last week. It's sitting just away from the kitchen window and yesterday afternoon … Continue reading Rose caught in the Sidelight

I've got some catching up to do with Becky at the Life of B's #JanuaryLight square photo challenge, having missed a couple of days (really busy, but no excuse!). However, continuing with a plant and garden theme, raindrops make great spotlights as this close up of a fennel stem just after a downpour demonstrates. The … Continue reading Spotlight on Fennel

Becky at the Life of B's #JanuaryLight fun with square photos and words continues and I'm trying to stick to my own challenge of restricting images to gardens and gardening. Today, my word is delight, which has to be the easiest for a gardener. I could choose 31 pictures of things that delight me in … Continue reading Born to Delight