A harey start to the day

One of the bonuses of the clocks moving forward by an hour is that I can enjoy the rosy glow of early morning sunshine again, at the moment just before 7 am. It's a fairly fleeting thing. Within about fifteen minutes the light has changed, as the sun continues to rise and strengthen, but that brief period brings a beautiful glow to the woods and landscape.

The hares were out in force this morning. You can just see three in the photo above. There were about eight in this field, jumping, chasing each other, boxing and tearing around in circles. I just stood and watched them, enchanted, while a few lapwings swooped around overhead.

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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!

A simple vase on Monday

I have just one flower in my vase this week. A simple, pretty, wild narrow-leaved Michaelmas daisy. The vase is actually a black pottery cup. I wish I could remember where we bought it and who made it, but it is a great favourite of mine. I even made it the subject of a piece of artwork several years ago. Clearly shaped by hand, it has the air of a Japanese piece about it.

Found items IAVOM

I am on holiday on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay. It is my happy place. Thoughts of Colonsay rattle around in my head each and every day I am not here! I haven't got a vase to share this week but some lovely things I have found over the past few days, which are just as beautiful as a vase of flowers! I hope you agree! Here are some leaves of giant rhododendrons, growing in the outer gardens of Colonsay House. Some skeleton leaves of magnolia. The dried stem of a kelp seaweed. A couple of conkers (can never resist those!), and a branch heavily populated by a number of lichens. The air on Colonsay is so clean that lichens flourish here!

the running wave

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