Tremendous Tatton

Last Saturday I went to the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. There is always a lot to see and a wonderful selection of plants that you can buy. 

There is a Produce tent that has fascinating display of fruit and veg.

What imagination! 

Mr and Mrs Cornucopia walked around the showground.

How many flowers in each outfit?

The school children are given a story and a character and have to design and make a display.
Fantastic Mr Fox certainly was fantastic.

Where's Bunce and Bean?

Old Toad was hopping about.

Toot toot

Cacti are popular this year and these are in oil drums.

Giants

A dried flower rack.

A wonderful way to display

I love the window box on the shed with a painting as a backdrop.

Bonny

A willow horse.

Fantastic artwork

A willow ant.

Only an ant no uncles

A willow bee.

Buzz Buzz

This figure is made from tyres.

'I'm tyred out'

An alternative planter.

Delicate wash please

We had a lovely walk around Dufton pike one of our local 'pyramids.'

Part of the walk is on the Pennine Way

We suddenly came across this tree.

Are you a tree hugger?

Two interlocking hawthorns.

Conjoined trees

Can you see the face in this tree?

It looks like a dolphin

Wall art in the centre of Manchester.

Hang on

Spectacular Scenery

The days are lengthening and it is lovely to wake up and hear the birds singing. I have been busy making some more pottery this week and hope to get back to my gardens next week.

On Thursday I had a trip to Northumberland. I travelled there via Hartside.

There is still a lot of snow left from last weekends deluge. Not a lot of snow fell in the Eden Valley or at Alston but mainly on Hartside. 

Snow cleared from the road by the snow plough

The journey from the Cumbrian border into Northumberland is beautiful. There are many stunning vistas. This is Langley castle.

Very grand, a wedding venue

A willow deer that is now turning green.

Oh deer

Looking back to Alston from Hartside summit.

The bleakness has its own beauty

An abandoned house on the Alston Hartside road.

What a view from the windows

Looking across to the back of Cross Fell.

Browns and beige

Looking over towards the back of Cross Fell.

Can you see the river in the bottom of the valley?

A typical rural view in Cumbria.

Pastoral beauty

A very old sign on the Gloucester Arms in Penrith.

This pub has recently been restored

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Spectacular Sunrise

I had a trip to Leeds last Saturday. This model was in Harvey Nicks window.

A fashion statement

Would you like to buy a handbag from Louis Vuitton?

Designer handbag 

The willow pheasant I made is now perched on the wooden seat near the scarecrows.

 A pleasant pheasant

We have pruned the fruit trees as several branches had broken due to the weight of the fruit. I have been clearing the soil at the base of the trees and have planted some snowdrop bulbs.

The Victoria plum tree

I have filled my plant containers with bulbs. To protect them against being eaten by mice I have put 'hairnets' on top of the plant pots. I will remove these when the bulbs start to shoot. I recycled an old torn garden net for the hairnet.

 Rabbits net allowed

The borders are now clear of the summer bedding plants and I have planted some late daffodils and tulips. I have a lot of foxgloves that have self seeded. I will transplant these on the outside wall of the garden.

We also trimmed the side of the hedge as it was spreading into the flower border

I am still harvesting kale and leeks. 

A kale crown

Some giant toadstools have appeared in the garden.

Toadus maximus

Recently we have had dark mornings and foggy days with grey skies, but on Tuesday there was a superb sunrise. So spectacular as the sky constantly changed. 

A fantastic richness of colour

The colour gradually spreads across the sky

Look at the cloud patterns

Golden clouds

Next week I am doing a workshop in Kirkoswald primary school making recycled owls. I have been working on the design and I am really looking forward to working with the children and seeing their ideas.

Three little owls to school are we

Terr Witt