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Two Stations, Saying Goodbye and Garden

I hope the Flowers in May, posted for your delectation, have pleased you. I scheduled them all, taken just before we went away for a long needed break – a train journey to Amsterdam with friends.  Over the next week or two I’ll share photos from then.

St Pancras station where we caught the Eurostar

Amsterdam Centraal

While we were away on our long planned train trip to Amsterdam, the funeral of our Dear friend and breakfast companion, J, took place. As we very sadly couldn’t be there to say goodbye and to sing for him with my choir, my lovely choir leader offered to take something precious of mine so that a part of me would be there.
I chose a small ribbon in purple, white and green that Daughter no 3 gave me some time ago. J appreciated my suffragette history and so it seemed an appropriate token to represent me last week.

Grown well in our absence

 

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Posted by on May 13, 2026 in garden, nature, Postaday 2026

 

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California Poppies

 

Apple blossom

 

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Dwarf White Azalea

Sapphire Lobelia

 

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Centaurea Montana, Perennial Cornflower

White Clematis Montana

 

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Clematis Miss Bateman

Forget-me-nots

 

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Libertia Grandiflora

Scilla Peruviana (Portuguese Squill)

 

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Choisya

Primroses

 

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Purple and White Iris

White ‘Bluebells’

 

Wooden Heart, Granny’s Bonnets and A Surprise

I’ve been trying to catch a shot of the heart shape on a fallen tree ever since Storm Goretti and today, as we drove past, I just about managed it, albeit a bit fuzzy.

My Suffragette Garden has purple and white Granny’s Bonnets beginning to flower.

In February, when the Tête à Tête were flowering, we found a small bag of bulbs we had missed in the October planting. We popped them in a pot anyway and now, in May, they are blooming.

And today we fondly remember Ti on her birthday.