Late Spring Flowers

Gentle Reader ~~~ I fear it will be some time before I can give my full attention to this journal, and even to anything more than the most basic of urgently needed jobs in the garden ~~~ Thank you all for your messages, notes, and wishes over the last few weeks ~~~ they have been of great comfort and support.

The weeds now run rampant and are taking over the flower beds, the vegetable plot, and the soft fruit patch and I am unable to do anything other than watch from the side lines. It has been a struggle to find time to do even the mowing, a mere thirty minute job each week ~~~ and the dandelions have been magnificent!

Despite the weeds taking over, some of the flowers are managing to smile and bob their cheery dance in the borders, and so that you will know that I have not forgotten you I managed to take a few quick photographs as the season, and the year, march on before us ~~~ so here they are ~~~ a small reminder of the Spring days turning in to Summer ~~~

Apple blossom a~plenty flourishes on boughs ~~~

~~~ quite bridal in it's majesty ~~~

Arum Lilies wait in the wings ~~~

and Lilies of the Valley, picked and displayed in an antique teapot vase to bring their magic fragrance in ~~~

Peonies, bright and blousey, red and vibrant ~~~

 

Sweet Woodruff under plants gives snowy white ground cover ~~~

and Apple Blossom petals blanket the ground as a late snowfall in spring ~~~

Columbines, Granny's Bonnet, Aquilegias of every colour are blooming very well this year, indeed they are~~~

Osteospermums are also doing very well ~~~

while Alpine Strawberries run and hide in between, and every where they hide ~~~

Comfrey seeded into the garden three years ago, and now has a strong foothold along a warm stone wall ~~~

Golden Marjoram flourishes there too ~~~

and silver Sage ~~~

Apple Mint loves the extra food that seeps from the adjacent compost bin~~~

So, Gentle Reader ~~~ a few photographs to show that, despite my in-attendance, the garden still grows on ~~~ I hope to snatch a few stolen moments soon, maybe weed a border or two, and sow some seeds for simple Summer salad crops, as time permits.