Blooms of the day-

I love poppies. They were always a bone of contention in my parents garden. My dad hated them "because they come up everywhere". My mum loved them, for the exact same reason. He'd pull put the tiny seedlings, she would quietly sprinkle more seed in the disturbed soil. I watched with amusement 😃

@suegreaney.bsky.social and my garden also has some @pottedhistory.bsky.social rejects! A Roman box flue tile full of chives. Plus other breakages and one offs.

Exactly!

It is! But again, Northumberland being inclined to be cooler, I also have a seat inside my tiny greenhouse, where it's cosier.

It's always a work in progress. One year I planted two packets of poppy seed- not a single poppy plant appeared. But if they all emerge this year, I'll be delighted, but not really surprised!

I have a lot of pots and sculptures made by my potter husband @pottedhistory.bsky.social especially for me.

That must be soul destroying! I've never had any problem with insect attacks on them. I'm in Northumberland, so perhaps our cold winters kill those bugs. (But I DO always have to watch out for lily beetles on my lilies- which are another favourite flower of mine)

#Gardenshour My garden or yarden was originally my parking bay. I transformed the space with container planting in the metal casing of a defunct kiln, whisky barrels, a toilet cistern, a ceramic bread bin, animal feed buckets and lot of ceramic planters. I love it

Tulips!

Using window chalk markers, I've drawn wisteria flowers on the inside of glass of my greenhouse. The real wisteria will be opening soon.

The guardian of the garden, always keeping watch.

There's always room for just one more! I have a plum tree, 3 gooseberry bushes, 2 blackcurrant bushes then all the flowers. It's infinity better than it was as a car port!

Very mini! But it's a small space- originally my car port.
But I got rid of the car in 2019, and during 2020's lockdown, made a garden for us to have some outdoor space.

It was a good buy. The space faces south, but surrounding buildings cast a shade over much of it for a lot of the day. I overwinter tender plants in there. This summer I'm only growing chili plants in it, but I also have a garden chair in there to sit in on cool days.

I love the Sunday calm of working in my tiny container garden. The planters range from one off pots created for me by my potter husband, the recycled casing of a defunct kiln, pots by the industrial pottery Errington Raey, half barrels, recycled animal feed containers and an old toilet cistern.

What's the riddle?

I invite you to enjoy some "bloom scrolling".... it's much better than doom scrolling. You can share my beautiful tulips!

Concern grows for Suella Braverman as she completely forgets she spent nine years as part of the Conservative government, including two periods as Home Secretary, responsible for immigration.

Spring has arrived. Swallows are swooping, flowers are blooming and the landscape is full of life. Here at Crown Studio Gallery you'll find paintings and prints that reflect the beauty of our village and the wider Northumberland countryside.
OPEN Tues to Sat, 10am to 5pm. Hope to see you soon!

Today's tulips.

And so it begins- the annual battle of the lily beetles.
So pretty with their shiney scarlet backs, like super slim supermodel ladybirds,but bad news. The grubs drill holes into lily buds/leaves, leaving holes and marks like miniature cigarette burns.
So it's rubber glove time- the hunt is on!

Rothbury looks soooo lovely at this time of year- fields a symphony of greens, and hedgerows all a froth of blossom. Perfection. My image is available as a print or card in my online shop crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com

Today, I'll be mostly, being Mediaeval. potted-history.co.uk

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My image of Rothbury from Carterside is available as a print and as a card. I love seeing the landscape at this time of year, when it's a symphony of greens, with a froth of may blossom and cow parsley.
Both also available in my online shop crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com/products/cop...

It's tulip time in my yarden!

In the UK we have the saying, "One swallow doesn't make a summer" ..... but presumably seeing TWO does! I always look forward to their arrival.

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Happy day!!! There's a pair of swallows sitting on the telephone wires.
Welcome back my lovelies!

Barbed Wire, String and Bone - A pot from Sizewell C YouTube video by PottedHistory

I've just posted a new Prehistoric, Bronze Age pottery video on YouTube ⚱️🏺We learn so much from the marks left on pots by the tools and hands of the original maker. #Archaeology #pottery "Barbed Wire, String and Bone - A pot from Sizewell C" youtu.be/-V7Hl7gKOjI?...