Tag: flowers

  • Oxford Botanic Gardens July 2017

    Water Lily Wild Flowers. Oxford Botanic Gardens

  • Photos of Waterperry Garden

    Photos of Waterperry Garden

    Some photos from Waterperry Gardens, just outside Oxford, where I visited earlier this summer. It was a grey day, but the wonder of modern technology helped get some decent photos. The ‘Quiet’ Garden. There was a sign asking people to be quiet in this garden, so I sat in a corner and meditated after a […]

  • Photos of wildlife in the garden

    Photos of wildlife in the garden

    Some of the wildlife in my garden. Bees are my favourite. Here the lavender is rich pickings for the bees.

  • Trinity College Gardens May

    I was postering for some upcoming meditation classes in Oxford. Visiting Trinity College on the High Street I poked my head around the garden and there was a wonderful wildflower meadow – carefully managed to give a wonderful naturalistic style of planting. When it is good in Oxford in May, it is very good. This […]

  • Magnolia Blossom

    I waited until 5pm to get this photo. The sun sets low enough to just start to hit the Magnolia blossom. “What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” – Kobayashi Issa, OK, these are photos of Magnolia blossom not Apple blossom. But, I don’t think the the spirit of Haiku is to […]