Pictures hot off the camera this morning

Intrepid Thomas, chewing the new shoots off the apple tree. What a good boy.

                                                                                      Look at those paws, huge.

 

                                       The lovely Emma, being a good cat (for a change)

 

 

 

Narcissus (don't remember which one - could be a Poetaz type

 

Auricula

 

 

This space was cleared so the painters could get to the foundation. The two dark snaky looking things are the shoots of Lillium auratum, a nice dark red one. I'm getting some more bulbs from Rotary and will make this a lily area, where the house walls will concentrate the scent and it's shaded from hot afternoon sun.

 

Tulipa 'Ile de France' fabulous deep raspberry colour

 

Delicate corydalis

 

Flowering currant - this is an old favourite, it reminds me of my childhood garden. It has a love/hate smell, like blackcurrants and cat's pee.

 

Freesias - very luxurious, sort of like gardenia only much easier to grow

 

Dwarf iris

                                                         Pheasant's eye narcissus

 

Lemon shades of polyanthus - note morning coffee cup in background, thought I'd get out and enjoy the peace and quiet before my feckin' neighbour starts up his feckin' machinery.

                                                    Red cabbage and mahogany pansies