Friday, June 12, 2009

My Spanish garden

Lavender. Photograph by Tim IrvingI will confess that I'm not a gardener. I enjoy the fruits of the garden but my garden is the product of someone more talented than me, who chooses to remain anonymous.

The summer is with us now, it's very hot this morning. As I look out into the garden I see it has reached it most colourful, in fact it has gone berserk.

The bougainvillea, which is normally spindly, weak and covered in insects, looks like it's completed a course in assertiveness. The lavender has also gained confidence and is spreading across paths and walls, attracting so many bees the garden is buzzing.

4 comments:

  1. i'm sure the person who tends the garden and wants to stay anonymous is now comfortably seated on a bench admiring the lavender !!
    :-)
    beautiful pics Tim...

    i think we'll go and see an exhibition tomorrow in spite of corpus christi

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  2. Your 'anonymous' gardner is definitely an asset I would keep around! :)

    Gorgeous photos and the description leaves me longing for my own garden space.

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  3. Flowers and herbs gone berserk? That's a crazy-cool way of putting it, Tim.
    Love 'em. I'm just scared of the wasps and bees.

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  4. Lavender, my favorite. I've some growing out front and doing well, bees and all. Those purple blooms pop beautifully next to the green chair. Bravo or Brava to your gardener.

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