A slightly random collection of images today because I really wanted someone apart from me to see these lovely ranuncula that I found in the village a few days ago… and this fabulous azalea that arrived yesterday…. And I definitely wanted you all to see these amazing pink clematis montana just bursting into bloom in …
Hampstead Heath
Tree day….
This morning I met my ex-next-door-neighbour very bright and early by the sadly deserted kids playground….. …and we headed (2 metres apart) up the west side of the heath – although confusingly it is known as East Heath. This is almost entirely wooded, so today’s walk does include a lot of trees. And first up …
Secret garden update….
It was a fairly grey and miserable afternoon so I thought I would walk along Hampstead Lane to where I thought the entrance to our secret garden might be. But on the way I just checked in on the garden and, in just those few days, the cow parsley has gone mad and has almost …
Walking….
Just to prove that it does rain in Highgate and Hampstead – you might well not have thought so from the images from the last few weeks. Anyhow, between the rain and the preparations for our on line presentation of the FreeFrom Food Awards, I never made it to the heath yesterday so, rather belatedly, …
Trees…
No, not Dorset this time – but Putney Heath where our good friend Catherine Rose has been taking pictures for us. Once upon a time Catherine was an award-winning gluten free baker, then she ran a café, then she was one of our awards cooks and now she is an awards judge – and – …
Bluebells and milkmaids
I had scarcely got home from photographing those early bluebells yesterday when an email arrived from Sarah with this carpet of bluebells which put mine entirely to shame… And then she sent this lovely view down one of their Dorset lanes, the verges lined with bluebells and milkmaids… Well, actually no – Sarah has just …