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Trees and plants

Lilies at Easter

Easter lilies, along with cute chicks and bunnies and chocolate eggs, have become an emblem of Easter and they were out in force at the Columbia Road Flower Market this Easter Sunday. […]

Black Jack Orchid

  You might think from the name of this orchid that it would be much darker. It’s a beauty nonetheless, in a very fetching burgundy with a thin white edge. […]

Purple Patch

Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Purple, Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, I Heart Macro and Macro Monday.

Orchid Festival at Kew

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 30 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

Sprouting Up in Brussels

Many of my recent travels seem to have resulted in the same mantra- “miserable grey, wet and cold: must return in better weather to explore properly”. This tree looks good […]

Hibiscus in Bloom

It was a joy to see beautiful flowers like this in bloom in Florida last week – it is all puddles and mud here in Britain. Linked to Foto Friday, Floral […]