Today was programmed for cleaning and tidying the family cave, but I couldn’t resist sneaking into the garden to take a few pictures after the rain. I was literally gobsmacked by the amount of colour and life clamouring to be seen out there.
I’ve had fun reducing some of these photos and creating only glimpses of them. I have realised just how much beauty we miss in the simplest things, and how beautiful they can be.
Here are a few of them, with a special thought for snow-bound fellow blogger Perpetua 🙂 Have a lovely Easter!
Oak drying in the woodpile.
A pansy caterpillar.
I never realised how delicate a petal really is.
Gargamel’s politically correct gnome.
Waiting patiently…..
fiery red and screaming yellow.
I saw the hearts on this rusty pulley today – 2 years after moving here…
Spiderman!
These gentle folds of salmon and cream reminded me of the raspberry ripple ice cream I loved when I was small….
Delicate pink flower seeks bee in order to become succulent nectarine in next life.
If the tadpoles survive, I’ll have a good stock of potential Prince Charmings.
A crying violet.
Bird breakfast.
A lemon and a rose petal? Nope. A pansy.
The neighbour had put her face cloth out to dry.
Murphy trying to work out why I’m on my face in the dirt.
Sometimes even rubbish lying around has its charm!
“I’m muddy but I survived”. Daffy, 1 week-old.
Multifarious meanderings 
Ooo, thanks, MM! I really needed that dose of colour and beauty after more than a week in a monochrome world with not a single flower visible. 🙂 Have a lovely Easter.
You’re welcome, Miss P 🙂 Have a lovely Easter Sunday…. Try making yourself a snow bunny in the garden with DH!
What a lovely colourful collection. I went out yesterday to pick the solitary daffodil for our Easter lunch table, but the poor thing’s been around for a couple of weeks already and it was really too manky. We had wine on the table instead. 🙂
Wine’s an excellent replacement, if you choose one with a flashy label and inspiring contents 😉 Have a great Easter Monday (clouds moving in as I type, this is going to be like my childhood Easter in Britain with rain pouring down the window….)
Ah the pleasures of one’s back yard through the lens.
Having a camera has made me discover lots of things I never really noticed before – long live the zoom!!!