A nice amount of lichen and moss growing on this finger post. 🌱

A bit bedraggled after some really heavy rain, but the 1st wild daffodils were open today.🌱

Seeing the swifts arrive each year is a real highlight for me. I know that Reform don't want them here, but i think we should do all we can to help them.

Well, the rubbish weather is continuing, but this little chap brightened up my dog walking duties. 🌱

The wild garlic is starting to grow in the woods. 🌱

That's the willow arbour planted. Check back in five years to see the finished item! 🤣🌱

I guess that means the gardening year has started. 🌱

England, you really do have another credible choice over Labour, Tories and Deform.

The last sunset of 2025. It's been a year of ups and downs. Last goodbyes to my dog, my cat and my mother. Hellos to my first grandchild and a new dog. I hope everyone has the year they want in 2026!

Despite living less than an hour away, I visited Durdle door last week for the first time. (BTW park on the road, the car park is a minimum of £12.50 for 4 hours)

Another lovely sunset today, but probably the last we'll see for the rest of the week.

Bottle brush still flowering at Lyme Regis, and bees still out collecting nectar. Not bad for the second half of December.🌱

I walk past this gate every day. It brings back happy memories of almost every birthday present I received as a child.

This little fellow was out helping me garden this afternoon.🌱

I wonder if Paul Lumber was a plumber?🤔

Lovely sunset this evening in Devon.

The sunrise this morning after yesterday's storm was lovely.

Thats the house all dressed up in its Christmas finery.

This one is coming on nicely!🌱

I noticed that someone had stolen the tops of the clouds when I was walking the dog the other morning.

My picture for today. A tree. (I think a chestnut). Killerton House, Devon. Odd. Innit? 🌱

If we let them win with "illegal" immigrants, their lives won't improve and the next victims will be immigrants, if they win that one their lives won't improve... Next it will be Muslims, brown people, black people, travellers, gays, disabled people. Don't let the haters win. Please.

What a wonderful photo....

JaneNoDough always reposts my stuff. I think I love her!🥰

Private Eye

I made a Christmas wreath (not a very good one), and the Christmas lights are up outside the house. Just the presents to sort now.

A lovely sunset this evening. I think it will be cold tonight.

Now, that's how you build a stile.

A nice cold dog walk on the beach.

My Gaillardia seeds are terminating whilst still on the plant. 🌱

These are "annual" dahlias that I grew from seed, but they seem to have formed pretty good tubers. Are they worth keeping over winter? 🌱

Yes. I'm still a rebel.

Well, my granddaughter's cot is now finished and in place. Probably time to start digging up all the tender plants and putting them in the greenhouse.

I think that autumn may have arrived. 🌱

I bet you can't guess where we are...

Dog meets cow.

Not grapes in Spain, but sloes in Devon! 🌱

I know a lot of people don't like Golden Rod because it spreads so much, but I think it attracts more insects than any other flower. 🌱

When your new puppy learns how to swim!

My new flower bed is really filling out. 🌱

I know that many people don't want a political party that puts the needs of the many above the riches of the few, but I do, and it's about time we are given the opportunity to vote for one. www.yourparty.uk

You cannot have too many year's britches. Definitely one of the best plants to outcompete stinging nettles.🌱

How come the greenhouse never seems to empty out?🌱

The bridge over the stream is now almost complete. Just the steps up the far side to go now.🌱

I planted these bulbs in the spring. I should have written down what they are! 🌱

Another osteospermum. This one is growing in fairly heavy shade. 🌱

Osteospermmmmmm!🌱

Not a very exclusive flower, but (for me) the gazania is the essence of sunshine solidified. 🌱

These lilies finally started opening today. 🌱

Geranium Versicolor. I bought this as a bare root in the early spring. It's now a nice size plant with these gorgeous veined flowers. 🌱