Monday, 17 January 2011

COLOUR ME GREY


This is the gloomy view I see most days.
[ all these pictures enlarge with a click; marvellously clever, eh?]


Only mid-January now and grey February still to come.
So I thought we all needed some colour to remind us how it was, and how it soon will be again.
Some pictures from last summer's garden, and round and about.

Lavender, my favourite flower.


We have been told we are losing our Bumble bees, I think they are all in my garden.

A rose from the bush given to us on our golden  wedding anniversary.

Buddleia: the butterfly bush, aptly named.
One of many pots of Geraniums. And only ever the red ones.


Promises, promises!


This is how I want my view to look.




J.P. and Milou taking in the view.

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47 comments:

  1. Baglady17 January 2011 at 14:33

    Your bumblebee photo is absolutely stunning! Milou looks very cute.

    I shall be glad to see the sunshine again, too.

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  2. Rosaria Williams17 January 2011 at 14:49

    Looking forward to those colorful days ahead, to those stunning flowers and heady aromas. We're grey too, long winter days of rain and fog and sleet.

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  3. ellen abbott17 January 2011 at 14:50

    Oh! Not the bumblers! I knew honey bees were declining, but bumble bees too? Beautiful garden. Been gray here too for a week or more but cleared up today.

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  4. Saz17 January 2011 at 14:55

    Mum!! loevly reminder of what is to come!! yeah!!

    thanks brightened up my dull dreary dank day!!

    always a little alliteration if l can...loev it so!

    xx

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  5. Roberta Warshaw17 January 2011 at 14:56

    Your view is astounding any way it appears.....

    My view is an apartment building. With neighbors who run around in their underwear. I'll take your foggy view any day.

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  6. Lyndylou17 January 2011 at 15:05

    gorgeous pics! The bee one was amazing :)

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  7. Kirby Carespodi17 January 2011 at 15:09

    My view is gray slush. I love your pics!!

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  8. Sally Wessely17 January 2011 at 15:13

    Lovely, I can almost smell the lavender.

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  9. Shazam717 January 2011 at 15:15

    All of these photos are gorgeous! Thank you for the smile.

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  10. Tabor17 January 2011 at 15:27

    Whatever it takes! The time will be here all too soon.

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  11. Queen-Size funny bone17 January 2011 at 15:38

    I need those glimpses of color I'm feeling gray too lately. thank you

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  12. Gaelyn17 January 2011 at 16:23

    Thanks for the colorful flower fix. Our skies are blue and temps rising to 70F. Spring Will come.

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  13. BB17 January 2011 at 16:36

    Your photos are fantastic. The purple blooms with the butterflies I've never see before. Just gorgeous.

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  14. Woman in a Window17 January 2011 at 16:42

    I don't mind one bit, Moannie. Even now it blows hard. We're buried up to our bits in snow. I'll miss even this when it's gone. Your flowers though are beatutiful.

    xo
    erin

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  15. Anonymous17 January 2011 at 16:53

    Well this was a warm colorful splash for an otherwise cold dreary winter day in New England!! Thanks for a much needed taste of spring!

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  16. Melissa@Little Log House Chronicles17 January 2011 at 16:55

    I'm having a bit of the winter grey's here myself today. We are practically up to our elbows in snow though, still grey is grey.
    Nice photos.

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  17. Robyn17 January 2011 at 19:27

    You have a BEAUTIFUL garden ! Thank you for sharing your pictures :)

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  18. Jayne17 January 2011 at 19:49

    I would take that gloomy view over my view any day.
    Gorgeous photos. Looks like a lovely, peaceful place.

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  19. Shopgirl17 January 2011 at 21:43

    Lavender is my absolute favorite, and I always wondered what a butterfly bush looks like so here we are! Thanks for sharing your view, amazing and not at all grey.

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  20. Hilary17 January 2011 at 21:59

    Oh what a day-brightener. I can't think of a better time for posting them. Thank you for that. Your photos are beautiful.. and so nice and large.

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  21. Jules~17 January 2011 at 22:40

    That was such a lovely reminder. I smiled with every picture. You have such beautiful flowers....and an amazing camera with clarity. I smiled at Milou enjoying the sun.
    The grey days you are seeing now, I am sorry they are not full of sun but good for you to think back and forward on how it will change.
    I am one of those silly gooses that like the sun but also like those foggy grey rainy days as well. Here in Oregon it rains most every day on the coast not far from us but I still jump at any chance to drive the 90 miles to be in it. I love the crashing sounds and wind whipping around me. You must think I am nuts right?
    Have a blessed day Moannie.

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  22. garnetalex17 January 2011 at 22:40

    Such beautiful pictures!

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  23. Tracey Norris17 January 2011 at 23:19

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  24. Tracey Norris17 January 2011 at 23:20

    Tacoma (Washington, USA) must be the twin to where you live. Thank you for reminding me the grey doesn't last forever, though sometimes it feels that way.

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  25. Maggie May18 January 2011 at 04:48

    Lovely idea looking at beautiful summer photos! You took some really lovely ones. Quite expert!
    Hoping you are keeping well and jumping around these days on your new hip, even though everything looks grey around you right now!
    Maggie X

    Nuts in May

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  26. Barbara18 January 2011 at 04:56

    mmm I can almost smell Spring coming :) Winter is just a there for me to appreciate Summer :) thx for the pics - really nice - I love ur view!!

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  27. Working Mum18 January 2011 at 05:03

    Oh, I needed that. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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  28. Pat - Arkansas18 January 2011 at 05:18

    Even grey, I like your view. However, your 'remembrances of Spring' photos are stunning, Moannie, and warm my heart! You have a beautiful garden.

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  29. lime18 January 2011 at 07:35

    the colors are gorgeous and the bumblebee shot is especially impressive. there is somethign lovely about the grey too though, i have to say. of course, i'm not living in it.

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  30. Beth18 January 2011 at 09:34

    I am literally half way round the world from you, but with the commonaltities of humanity, distances become irrelevant. It's been grey and dismal here for two weeks, and your pictures brought a grand smile to my face. It was much needed! Thank you for sharing! I especially like the tree all abloom in pink.

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  31. light20818 January 2011 at 09:54

    The bumble picture is lovely. I also can't wait for my buddleia this year; it always provides such a burst of colour.

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  32. libby18 January 2011 at 10:05

    What a good idea...to look at some colour and remember that if we are lucky spring will come again....your photography skills are really good.....

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  33. TexaGermaFinlaNadian18 January 2011 at 10:20

    We had a small break in the winter weather, but looks like it has returned with full force. Love the yellow rose in your garden, it is beautiful. Thanks for making me think of summer on a mid-january day!

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  34. Anonymous18 January 2011 at 11:42

    Lovely photoes on your blog site. The weather is almost the same as we have in Sweden. We have perhaps a bit more snow and a bit more cold and a longer winter season. But we all look forward to the spring and to the short summer with sun and warm days. Hope it soon will be here...
    Till then I look at your wonderful flowers.

    Thanks for sharing
    Birgitta

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  35. Merisi18 January 2011 at 13:16

    Thank you for these beautiful reminders of what is to come after all that grey is gone!

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  36. dr.tj vadivukkarasi19 January 2011 at 04:54

    beautiful post. lovely pictures.wishing you all colours.

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  37. Unspoken19 January 2011 at 10:17

    The gray is getting me too. Nice color post, but isn't it sad about the bees? Could a time come where they are no longer?

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  38. Anonymous19 January 2011 at 12:29

    Fabulous pictures, what a lovely idea to cheer us all up. The colours are amazing. Apparently next Monday, 24th Jan is supposed to be "Gloomy Monday" when everyone feels at their absolute lowest after Christmas. Last Monday (day before yesterday) was my low point. Had a massive row with husband about the downstairs toilet, and was considering moving out, but then thought, "Surely a downstairs toilet isn't that important!" What is the secret of your incredible calm and good temper?

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  39. Suldog19 January 2011 at 13:33

    Lovely. I adore lavender, and I'm somewhat partial to bumblebees, for that matter. They're entertaining, so long as you don't try to get into the act yourself.

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  40. Echoes19 January 2011 at 14:01

    Beautiful pictures. Love the butterfly and bumble bee ones. Spring cannot arrive soon enough for me living in North Texas. Hate cold weather and dead look of winter seasons.

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  41. Anonymous19 January 2011 at 20:00

    Bees love my lavender bushes and hummingbirds love the saliva. You probably have bees because they love your garden offerings.

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  42. Liz19 January 2011 at 20:03

    I live in a cold spot in Australia and towards the end of winter I am almost beyond despair waiting to see the first blossoms, feel the warmth of sun on my back and open my windows wide to let in the fresh air. And of course I have nowhere the sort of winters you do.
    But do you know what? The first photo 'the gloomy view you see most days' looks absolutely beautiful to me.

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  43. DURGA DHUNGANA20 January 2011 at 05:42

    Loved the way u tell story from photos

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  44. Leave It To Davis20 January 2011 at 05:45

    Even here in Texas, last week was grey and drizzly....and after a week of it, we were getting depressed. I love the pictures of your flowers....amazing photography....just beautiful. Thanks for sharing with the world. :) You brightened up our days.

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  45. Jay23 January 2011 at 13:19

    Aaah, that's better! Sunshine and flowers! And Painted Lady butterflies - do you know, we didn't have more than a handful of butterflies on our Buddleia all summer last year? Nice to see they are somewhere!

    Talking of which, you might have a lot of bumble bees in your garden, but so has my No. 2 son. I have never seen so many as he had on his enormous lavender bush last year!

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  46. Mags25 January 2011 at 07:18

    Lovely, lovely, lovely!! Geraniums should indeed only ever be red.

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