Wildflowers and Windows

There are so many lovely wildflowers that have now come into bloom. On Hartside I found thistles.

Purple thistles standing straight like soldiers

A multi headed thistle

Can you see the barbs on the thistle?

Meadowsweet is growing in the verges, it has a delicate perfume.

Creamy flouncy meadowsweet

Frothy flowers

The willowherb is a striking pink on the roadside.

Rosebay willowherb

A spike of willowherb

The wildflowers in the Artful Garden have suddenly burst into flower. There was a black poppy that only lasted a morning.

Black and red poppies

Pink flowers and smokey leaves

I love cornflowers.

Bonny blue cornflowers

The calendula and poppies growing next to the vegetable patch are radiating colour.

Vibrant yellow calendula

The snapdragons I grew from seed are in a range of pastel shades.

Snapdragons and sweet williams

I have picked the first of my loganberries, they taste delicious.

Huge berries

I had a trip to Keswick yesterday in torrential rain. I found these ladies in a shop window.

Do you like our dresses?

Smile please you are on camera

An antique cable car in George Fishers.

Where is the mountain?

In a gift shop in Keswick there were stained glass panels featuring famous writers.

John Ruskin

William Wordsworth

In Hope Park were some formal flowerbeds.

Pinks and blues

Yellow and blues

In the Artful Garden Lotta Bottle has been given a new red necklace. Does she look good?

Red or dead

Charlie Barley is feeling very rural he has been lent a broom. He hopes it will be decorative and that he won't have to sweep up leaves as he is suffering from a bad back and lack of motivation. 

Brooming marvelous