Well, today is the 21st December which means that from now on the days get longer and the darkness starts to recede.
It also means that spring is on its way. And, in one small corner of Kenwood, could be said to have arrived. Yes, this is a winter flowering shrub (and I am hoping that someone is going to tell me what it is)…
… but…. these are early flowering camelias…….
…as are these….
…and so is this…..
…and these are magnolia buds…..
Admittedly the trees are still leafless – but the sun was shining so despite the chaos of a COVID Christmas there did seem to be some reasons to be cheerful.
Hampstead heath mud…..
Dear Michelle
Thank you for your great photography and helping to keep us cheerful during these times.
Chandra and I are grateful for the kefir. Do you have your friend – the originator’s – email, as we’d like to know if she knows which specific bacteria etc are in it. I am currently experimenting with freezing some.
Sadly my predictions in my June article on Selenium for Positive Health re- mutating virions is happening ( it was happening before that article went to press).
Wishing you as happy a Christmas as possible.
David
PS keep your eye open fpr Michael C and my next book. It still could happen… DV!
My pleasure, David – they give me as much pleasure as they give you.
I am glad you are doing well with the kefir but I am afraid can give you no information on the strains – I did ask their originator and she hadn’t a clue! I shall be interested to know how your freezing experiment goes as I am also freezing some – it is growing too fast for me to cope with so I must offer some more out.
I fear that mutations were inevitable – so you were right. What is the book with Michael – and how is he? I shall look forward to hearing more.
Wishing you also a good, kefir filled Christmas! Michelle
What beautiful blooms you have up there! Ours are currently hiding from the coastal winds and rain. I believe the first picture is an azalea part of the rhodedendron family. So pretty how it displays its brightly coloured, delicate silk petals on bare branches.
I was hoping that I could rely on you, Emma, to identify it – but I never thought it could be an azalea. I was spooling through endless pictures of viburnums but none of them seemed quite right. So another example of Kenwood’s early spring?