Fabulous Sunset

After the rather grey day yesterday, today was splendid. Warm and sunny and we did so much gardening.
I have a little plastic greenhouse and planted some seeds in trays in there as it was so warm, tomatoes, pumpkins, spaghetti sqyas, oh and some super early runner beans, I know they should not be planted until next month, but, it was so delightful I couldnt resist, let's hope they do well.

Some days everything just comes together to make a fabulous sunset,
This is one of them and it just kept going.

You Choose

It was rather grey out today so I picked some forsythia and japonica flowers to cheer things up.


Then I played with the photo in PS.
Which do you prefer?

A bit grungy?


A lot grungy





Or just grunge and black and white?

Mr. Fox.

Roald Dahl would have us believe that a fox is fantastic!

They do have their place, this one was down the end of the field, I spied him in the undergrowth.



He is rather handsome.


Later I saw him up at the edge of the field, hope he did not find any pheasant nests.



He certainly looks well fed.

Native Animals

Saw these lovely hares, I do love hares.

Early in the morning they were sitting almost in a line down the track (receding hare line).




Later they moved into the field. Still quite a distance and a bit of a challenge for the camera lens.






But aren't they fabulous?

This IS In Colour

Delicate shades of cream, white, yellow and green.
It almost looks black and white.




Reminds me a little of this Georgia O'Keefe painting.

Amarilis

We bought an amaryllis bulb last winter. 
I do love amaryllis flowers, especially the white and pink ones that are such similar colours to apple blossom. Our amaryllis bulb put up splendid leaves which looked lush and green however, no flower emerged.
This year the waiting has paid off and 2 flower heads began to grow both with 4 flowers on.

Three Eco Systems

On the left the cypress swamp,
In the centre the prairie.
On the right a pine hammock.