Garden notes in mid-May

The garden seems to be betwixt and between at the moment. The plants which have been bringing colour and vibrancy to the flowerbed over the past months, wallflowers and tulips, are now on the wane, and their successors haven't yet come into their own. There is an awful lot of greenfly, which I am loathed to treat because I don't want to jeopardise the wellbeing of visiting bees, but the aphids are creating havoc with the lovely Ravenswing cow parsley.

We have had one or two exotic visitors in the form of a male bullfinch this morning, stuffing his beak with dandelion docks, and a few handsome cinnabar moths fluttering around, with their intense colours of red and darkest blue-green.

In the garden :

And the outer garden :

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In a vase on Monday - colour

The intense colours in my vase this week come from nasturtiums, sweetpeas and a single glorious zinnia! Their beauty and love of life speak for themselves and need no further words from me! Enjoy!

Early morning light

There have been some cracking early morning skies this week. The sunrise has generated a strong rose gold light which has been picked up not only in the clouds but also through the silver-white grasses around the edge of the golf course. I always marvel at the clouds. Constantly changing, formations that have never been seen before, never to be seen again.

Coastal walk from Gullane to North Berwick

By the time I have walked about four miles, my toes are screaming at me - it's the arthritis, you see. One of the joys of being that little bit older than I was. However, for a long time, I have been keen to walk along the beaches, and follow the coastal path, between Gullane and North Berwick. So, having worked out the tide times, I decided today was the day, and off we went. Below is our starting point, the bay at Gullane. It's a lovely beach, very popular with dog walkers. This is looking east, the direction Tilly and I were going to take. Looking back, up the Forth, the unmistakable bulk of Arthur's Seat, and Edinburgh's skyline, just clear enough to see. For most of the walk, there is the choice between wandering along a series of beaches, or following a path along the top of each. There's no denying it, at heart I am a shell-seeker. I have loads of shells at home. We lived on one of the out islands in the Bahamas for a just over a year, ...

the running wave

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