I’m enjoying these little signs of spring clustered around the house in tiny vases. This collection on the kitchen table – each vase is only an inch high – contains flowering rosemary, choisya, purple-leafed sage, white cyclamen and a few sprigs of the winter-flowering honeysuckle, Lonicera fragrantissima, that I planted by the gate. And over [...]
Posts Tagged ‘paperwhite narcissi’
27 JANUARY 2010
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged flowers in house, Georgia O'Keeffe poem, hyacinths, paperwhite narcissi, tiny glass vases, violets on January 27, 2010 | 14 Comments »
19 JANUARY 2010
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged frosty morning, Kathleen Raine poem, paperwhite narcissi on January 19, 2010 | 16 Comments »
The magic of the snow is past, but we are still getting some beautiful frosty mornings down here by the sea. This was sunrise the other day, photographed from the verandah in my pyjamas. Brrr. Back in the warm, the light was quite extraordinary. It’s worth putting up with condensation on the windows for effects [...]
7 JANUARY 2009
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged insulation, paperwhite narcissi, tidiness, woodburner on January 6, 2009 | 23 Comments »
Huge excitement the other day: we woke to freezing temperatures and a fair dusting of snow. There is something extra specially magical and otherwordly to me about snow at the seaside, and as Mary and I set off for an early morning walk with the dogs (nothing like a four year old to get you [...]
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