Posted in Photography, Uncategorized, tagged photography, Scavenger Hunt, Summer on October 6, 2021| 6 Comments »
Something That Makes You Laugh or Happy: This tiny teddy bear among the ivy on top of a wall beside the street amused me for weeks, although it has disappeared now – I hope it has found its owner or gone to a good home
At last I think I have cracked this year’s Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt hosted by Mary-Lou at Patio Postcards. I skipped August as I had so little to report but here, belatedly, is my final round-up to complete the list of challenges… (more…)
Posted in Garden visits, Gardening, Uncategorized, tagged Gardening, Nature, Summer, Victoria Park on August 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Raindrops on “daisies” in Victoria Park
It’s time for another monthly visit to Victoria Park in Cardiff. In June all the flower beds were bare, in July they were full of colour, but in August the flowers are already fading. Here are my latest snaps… (more…)
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized, tagged photography, Scavenger Hunt, Summer on August 2, 2021| 4 Comments »
Something from the 2000s: A Cylon Centurion model from my Battlestar Galactica boxed set
It’s the second month for the Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt hosted by Mary-Lou at Patio Postcards – the next link-up will be on August 9.
I am still struggling to find many of these scavenger subjects but here are my latest efforts… (more…)
Posted in Garden visits, Gardening, Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged Gardening, Nature, Summer, Trees, Victoria Park on July 26, 2021| 4 Comments »
Everywhere in Victoria Park this month were daisy-type flowers – this was in the narrow bed near the ice-cream shack and I think it is a beautiful Rudbeckia
Another month, another view of Victoria Park in Cardiff. In June all the flower beds were bare with brown earth ready to be planted. Just a month later they are full of colour. Here are my latest snaps…
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Posted in Photography, Uncategorized, tagged photography, Summer on July 3, 2021| 8 Comments »
A local landmark #1: The Conway Road Methodist Church, built in 1871
Once again I am signing up for the Summer Photography Scavenger Hunt hosted by Mary-Lou at Patio Postcards – the first monthly link-up is here.
I am still working from home and have no need to travel more than a mile or two, so my scope is again rather limited. I am also lacking in imagination at the moment so have not made a particularly good start to the hunt in June, but here are my offerings… (more…)
Posted in Garden visits, Gardening, Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged Gardening, Nature, Summer, Trees, Victoria Park on June 20, 2021| 2 Comments »
The bandstand in Victoria park, Cardiff, in June 2021
Once again I took some general views of Victoria Park when I went this month to visit the Lombardy poplar I am following.
April in Cardiff was dry, May was wet and June has been changeable. But it’s good for the garden. What is also good is that our council Parks department staff have been in everyday non-emergency action again. Since last month they have cleared out all the dead tulips and fancy daisies (Bellis perennis ‘Bellissima’?) and the flower beds are ready for summer bedding plants. They will probably be a bit late but everyone here thinks summer is late this year anyway, because of a cold and wet May.
Here are my pictures… (more…)
Posted in Cardiff, Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged autumn, Cardiff, Nature, oak, Spring, Summer, thompson's park, Trees, winter on January 8, 2017| 12 Comments »
Frosted oak leaves on January 3, 2017
Before I turn my attention to a new tree to follow in 2017, I am looking back with fondness at the old oak (Quercus robur) I have followed throughout 2016 in Thompson’s Park, Cardiff.
I visited again on a frosty day last week but now it’s winter there is not going to be much change until it starts the annual cycle again in spring.
The only new observation was this spent firework from the New Year’s Eve festivities…
Firework shell under the oak on January 3, 2017
So here is a comparison of how the tree looked as the months passed in 2016. (more…)
Posted in Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged hornbeam, Nature, Summer, Trees on August 10, 2014| 13 Comments »
The hornbeam on August 9, seen from the hedgerow…
I knew August could be a bit “boring” for the hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) I am following. But it was an assignation I had to make for the sake of Lucy Corrander’s Tree Following project, even though it was a rushed job on a Saturday morning when we had just returned from a couple of weeks away on holiday and I was in the middle of doing the laundry.
It was a rush partly because (more…)
Posted in Nature, Trees, Uncategorized, tagged hornbeam, Nature, Summer, Trees on June 11, 2014| 10 Comments »
A sprig of hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)…
On my June visit to the old hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) in Llandaff Fields I hoped to see the developing fruits, but I knew they would be high up in the branches, so in advance I picked one from the much smaller roadside hornbeam I pass on the way to work.
Then I chose the one dry day of the week (again – it has rained a lot lately) to visit the fields (more…)
Posted in Gardening, My garden, Uncategorized, tagged Gardening, Summer, weather on August 2, 2013| 23 Comments »
Lily after rain…
At last, we have had a wetter spell of weather after the heatwave. Listen here to Rain Rain Rain Beautiful Rain sung by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
The plants have (more…)
The Squirrelbasket 