Garden notes, mid - late April

The inner garden is certainly full of colour, mostly from tulips and three year old wallflowers! We are enjoying most of the wallflowers but one or two are going to have to come out! They are big now, and the yellow colour rather overpowering. That's the trouble with buying an anonymous tray of Persian Carpet wallflowers in the autumn. It really is a lucky dip and so when they are planted out there is no knowing how the colours are going to sit next to their neighbour, come flowering time! I am not keen on the very strong yellow, especially when it rocks up next to a vibrant red tulip! But in these strange and constricting times, their colour combination is alive and stimulating!

I have a real soft spot for this little wallflower. I love the colour, but most of all I love the fact that it is has seeded itself there, being true to itself (wallflower), it is a self isolating, glorious little plant!

And the outer garden, the bed along the length of the cottage is looking very bright and breezy. It's done very well, considering most of its colour comes from banished wallflower plants looking for a new home, having outgrown our tiny inner 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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