The first thing I do, once we have unpacked our car, which has been groaning with all the stuff we need for a week's stay in the holiday cottage, is head for the outer gardens of Colonsay House. It is a place of wonder for me! I particularly love the leaves of the giant rhododendrons. There are many different varieties, all planted in the early 1930s. The outer gardens are generally overgrown, having had little tending over the decades. That makes them even more magical! The old woodmill falls apart a little more every year, but that's fine by me because I love corrugated iron and especially if it's rusted! And of course the bees. Colonsay's beekeeper, Andrew Abrahams, has one of his apiaries on the edge of the pine wood. So lovely - the hum of busy bees and the heady smell of the pines. We are here - finally! Delayed by four months by the wretched virus, but now I am on holiday! Hooray!
Beautiful back drop with those buckthorn berries...such a natural festive look before a yummy lunch. Lucky you! x
ReplyDeleteThose Sea Buckthorn berries give fantastic colour to the blue skies and sunshine of your beach photos It sounds as though you had perfect weather for your walk and you must have worked up a good appetite for the Christmas lunch.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your messages! Aren't the berries beautiful. Super charged with vitamin C, sharp as can be, but I would love to go and pick some to make a lovely golden coloured jelly! They are a nightmare to pick, though, because they squish as you try and pick them off the branch. Another of life's little challenges! A x
ReplyDeleteGet one of the grandsons to come up with a device to pick said berries....Could be an interesting holiday concept!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;}
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