CAT PLANTS and other THINGS

"......Cat among roses, under a quarter moon, the garden is very still. It is dazed with moonlight , contented with perfume."
                                                                   -Amy Lowell

 "A Garden without cats (by Beverley Nichols)

 will be generally agreed

 can scarcely deserve

Young Simon and Rona

to be called a garden at all!

 Much of the magic

 of the heather beds

 would vanish if...........

 as we bent over them,

 there was no chance

 that we might hear 

 a faint rustle 

(Sweet  Cordelia has been coming to visit for about 12 years).

 among the blossoms,

 and find ourselves

 staring into a pair .......

 of sleepy........

 green ( or in this case amber)....

eyes....."

(Spencer)

-Beverley Nichols, "Garden Open Tomorrow"

 With thanks to all the visiting cats: Cordelia, Spencer, Rona, Simon

 Photographs 2020

                                             ( CAT PLANTS RULE)

IN THE CORNER

 "A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in.. A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars...." - Victor Huga ( Les Miserables)

 It''s the light that captivates me.  Light thru paper thin petals. In the corner.

 Or on the lavender pink chives. They look like nodding minions. Hiding in their corner.

 And all the cats that visit. They must feel safe here.  Simon comes once a day for a treat and to drink out of the bowls.

 "A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's meant for joy..."
                                          -Rumer Godden

 Cosmos. A birthday present for my daughter. Never found this year at garden stores. These ones have reseeded themselves. Amazing. So there will be Cosmos after all.........In the corner.

 Rain and light. Two of my favourite things

 Roses starting their bloom.

 In time for their Christmas photo ops.

 And the cats.  Rona still thinks he belongs in the flower pot.

 The Sweet Peas  grow by leaps and bounds. In the corner.

"Going out to the garden is to go on a holiday. When you travel amongst the flowers, you touch heaven .." - Mehmet Muran Idan

 See the Cucumber that apparently is BURPLESS. (That's fun to say)

 More light .

 More colour. Texture of rice paper. In the corner. Where it is green and quiet.

"A story is a garden you carry in your pocket. ..." -Alexandra Curry.

 Where Spencer, faithful visitor, does his daily thinking. 

Photographs 2020

THE BEES KNEES

"Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness, but do not damage it..."- John Muir 

 Everyone wave at Spencer!

 Roses bloom

 Bees hum

 "For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky.."
                                     -Star Trek, Season 3

 Bees smother the Cranesbill.

 Giant Abraham Roses  loom over the Cranesbill

 "The hum of the bees is the voice of the Garden...."
                                               -Elizabeth Lawrence

 Tall Sweet Peas  pull themselves upwards.

 Bees hum from Rose to rose

 "The bee's life s like a magic well; the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water...." -Karl Von Frisch

 Buzzzzzzzzz

"Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about..." -August

 And the Sweet Peas reach for the sky.

 And the Bees go buzzzzzzzz

                         "You are the bees knees..." -1920's saying

 Rona , the neighbour's cat, makes himself comfy in the flower pot. He can hear the bees on the porch.  They make him sleepy.....
                                 (Cat Plant #2)

PHOTOGRAPHS 2020