178/365 Gone to seed

Clematis Montana seeds hang on a twig of the tamarisk tree. It makes me think of floaty ball gowns hanging out to dry. I just had ten minutes in the garden with cam today, while recovering from a migraine. Had to cancel tonight's plans, had a babysitter booked and everything :0(

This is an image of next door's bean poles which I had a play with in PSE7.

137/365 Cloud

After heavy showers most of the day, we had blinding sunshine and colossal cotton wool clouds this evening. This image doesn't do justice to either the cloud, or indeed to the tamarisk tree with the clematis montana growing through it. I had expected today's blog image to be equestrian, but the event was cancelled due to ... heavy rain! Jodie was very disappointed. We stayed home doing rainy day activities, all horse-related.

135/365 Dripping wet

We have had steady rain overnight and most of the day, everything in the garden is dripping wet. There's no breeze at all, so everything is also very still, with intermittant dripping sounds all around the garden.

133/365 Tamarisk (Tamarix pentandra)

Our tamarisk tree is covered in a deep pink haze of tiny tight buds. This is Mark's favourite tree in the garden and its usually at its best late May/early June. When the buds open out the tree looks fluffy. I'll post another when its in full bloom.