All from my garden: Pheasant Berries, Kaffir Lily, Achillea, Phygelia and Marigold.
I was having a clear out and came across this amazing quartz crystal I bought many years ago in my hippy dippy days!
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What a bright and beautiful collection. I seem to have calendula flowering most months, they just seem to go on and on.
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And they seed themselves – win win win!
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Oh my goodness, how lovely!
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I’m wondering how long the marigolds will brighten up the garden – we had a frost this morning but they were untouched.
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ps I have read your Yorkshire posts but not had time to comment (yet) – what a wonderful visit you had!
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It was wonderful – more to come!
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What a glorious display for the start of December – wonderful! The pink Kaffir lily/hesperantha is especially pretty. If one crystal brands you as hippy dippy, what does my (very) large collection make me…?! 🙂
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I have more!
But i was considered a bit bonkers in those days (about 30 years ago now) by family and friends and perhaps I was – stepping through the door of awareness can be life-changing – there’s no going back!
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Indeed 🙂
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Very pretty indeed and looking more like summer than December! So well arranged and I love the crystal from your hippy-dippy days.
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Thank you Peter, it was good to gather them from the soggy corners of my garden.
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Those came from your garden?? My goodness!
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I know – evidence of climate change Mr Trump!
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Wow, you still have a lot of colour in your garden. Beautiful
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Crazy for December!
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I know it has been cold but those mix of mild days is really confusing plants and probably animals too. Climate change in action – I fear.
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Yes, I agree. I can’t believe climate change has been allowed to get to this level so quickly.
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Wowsah! And that hippy-dippy crystal is perfect.
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Flowers and a whole lot of water lying around – but mild – so mild!
I’m getting re-aquainted with the crystal – can’t think why I had it hidden away all this time.
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Fabulous flowers. Lovely splash of colour.
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My garden seems to have more flowers in December than it did in August!
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Love it! Fantastic for December and I have crystals – from my father, the geologist.
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How wonderful to have inherited crystals! ❤
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You have flowers in your garden this time of year! They are so beautiful I didn’t even notice the quartz until I read your post.
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I know, crazy isn’t it! the world has gone topsy turvy!
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They look lovely against the blue wash on the wall behind.
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Thank you – that is my go to background – it is actually a metre square canvas that I painted with acrylic paint, propped up behind a room- dividing shelf. I am thinking of painting a few more in different colours for a bit of variety.
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What a lovely lot of flowers. It has been very dull often lately so brightening up is definitely in order. Great crystal too!
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As you can tell I had to use artificial light to get a photograph – it was nearly dark here all day yesterday.
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Yes, I’ve been even having to use flash lately as my artificial light has been messing up the colours. For things I am making as presents.
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What a wonderful collection of December(!!) flowers! 🙂
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It is wet here, but still mild. I have anemones and cerinthe trying to flower – very odd!
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Incredible display for the first Monday in December; they certainly do brighten the day.
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Thank you Christina. It amazed me!
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