Rain and tulips

May 1st

April flew past and I do not know where it went!  We had a great time, managed to see and do lots and I lost my crochet and blog mojo for a while.  It is slowly coming back, but I figure I cannot fit everything in all of the time!  The house needs a deep clean, it certainly needs de cluttering, the garden weeds grow daily and my work commitments are growing and the lovely friends I have, are being seen less and less.  The blog suffered and crochet and making time also took a big hit. Although, as a family we did manage a sneaky trip to France in April, which was wonderful.  Slowly all the juggling balls of my life will be sorted and as I know from past experiences they rotate and sometimes other things have to take priority for a while.

I have always loved tulips, both for their initial elegance and then for their after dinner removal of dinner jackets, after the queens speech feel, when they happily relax and go with the flow so to speak.  At this time of year I make a special point of walking round the garden daily to see the difference in the tulips.  Rain has played a large part for the last two days and has given me a new view of the tulips, eagerly, I have been outside photographing and recording.  I hope you enjoy...

 

I love this one the best.

 

 

 

Pesky nibblers, come out after the rain and are eating my plants to nothing, especially my newly planted sunflowers that we have been growing from seed :(

 

 

We spotted this on the back of a gardening van!  Made us giggle!

 



All tulip bulbs have over the years been given to me by my very good friend.  Pop over to her website and see ... http://www.glossopgardencentre.com

♥Here's to a fantastic month of May for all of us♥

Tons of tulips on a sunny day

16th April

I love flowers and as long as there is money in my purse, I will always endeavour to have a vase of flowers in my home.  The best flowers are those that I can pick from the garden and this is the beginning of the season when that can begin.  I love all flowers, but I especially love sunflowers for their cheeriness, sweet peas for their scent and they seemed to be everywhere when I was 9 months pregnant with my first child, so sweet memories and finally tulips for their Gemini quality, at first tall and elegant and finally casual and laid back later in their lives.

I am lucky enough to have a dear friend who owns a garden centre in the north of England, a long way from me, but when ever she visits she brings me a pack of tulip bulbs, I probably now have over 20 different varieties of tulips in my garden.  Would you like to see some of them...

By the way the garden centre is in the Peak District, called Glossop Garden Centre, they have a web site and are fab at delivering anywhere, give them a try or better still pop over and visit if you can!   http://www.glossopgardencentre.com/ They also have a facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glossop-Garden-Centre/341009955986646  She has no idea I am posting this, wonder what she will say!!?

 

 

 

♥Hope you have a fantastic week where ever you are♥

 

Since writing this post this morning, we have recieved a rather large parcel and inside from said very good friend was....

 

...what a coincidence is that!  See, she always buys me tulips, and I ♥ it.