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Guinea in the fog. Singing into the gloom 🎵🎶🎵

Today's newly opened rose is the climbing Tea-Noisette 'Lady Waterlow' (Nabonnand, 1902). Exquisite salmon pink blooms with a golden centre are often upward facing reminding me of a tropical water lily. Gorgeous fragrance. Typically reaches 8 to 12 feet tall. So pretty🌹

@fugitiveink Thank you.

@NetherfieldV2 That's wonderful!

My rustic May Day wreath made from willow & mock orange. It's the thought that counts! #Beltaine 🥂

@RijckRoos Thank you 💕

@NetherfieldV2 It turned out beautifully. You can be proud of your wreath.💚✨️

@HKW1981 yes I was just saying it is a perfect thing to do to mark key dates (quarter days & cross quarter days, festivals etc) using whatever is in flower at the time. I will give it a go 😊

@NetherfieldV2 Oh I suspect you’re wrong about the prizes We have door wreaths at Christmas. Would love ones to mark other times of year

@HKW1981 That is very kind. It wouldn't win any prizes but I wanted to do something special to mark the day.

@NetherfieldV2 That’s really fantastic!

@tutty352 Thank you 💕

@NetherfieldV2 It’s lovely! Knew you would do it.

@RijckRoos yes she prefers digestive biscuits 😊

@NetherfieldV2 I just had to look it up. Looks delicious😋. However, I think emu would prefer something else.

May Day sunset. A muggy warm day. As night draws in let the seasonal festivities commence! I have Chetna Makan's coffee & walnut loaf cake for pudding 😋 🥂

@TycjanC 🍻

Just seen four #Swifts in Walton-on-Thames! Well I think it was four but I’ve had a couple of pints 😹😹😹

@ljm20141 & to you both ✨️

@NetherfieldV2 Beltane blessings 🙂

@KarenS269 @HelenRo88542779 so special 🎶

@HelenRo88542779 @NetherfieldV2 We also heard our first cuckoo today whilst walking around Barnwell Country Park

Sun setting over the sheep troughs. The first #cuckoo of the year calling down towards the river 🎶; such a lovely sound. I have cut some willow withies to make a May Day wreath. Never tried it before but how hard can it be? I am not hopeful but God loves a trier. ✨️

@SheilaHarries yes they are not big.

@NetherfieldV2 Oh really? Thank you. They are quite small-just a bit bigger than mallards-so it didn't occur to me that they were geese. We have Canada Geese here too.

This pair of ducks has appeared on our river. I can't identify it from my bird book. Any ideas?

Today's newly blooming #rose is the Hybrid Musk 'Penelope' (Pemberton. 1924). Perfumed flowers open a creamy seashell salmon pink & fade to white. As with the other Hybrid Musks bred by the Rev Joseph Hardwick Pemberton & his sister Florence, they flower non-stop til the frosts🌹

@rosesukroses @papaver @Malvernmeet @charbhardy I can smell it from here! Happy May Day 🎉

May 1st - May Day, La Fête du Muguet, Festival of Flora, Beltane - call it what you will. We’ll just say Happy #Friday - have a good day! Lily of the Valley (Muguet de Bois). #MayDay #FlowersonFriday #GardeningX

Beautiful May Day. A light breeze ruffling hedge & trees. Awoke to the sweet sound of a goldcrest singing in the garden apple tree (they nest in a nearby thick yew hedge so I see them frequently).

@RijckRoos Thank you. I will tackle it in the morning

@NetherfieldV2 It will surely be a beautiful wreath.✨️Good luck.🍀

@cumbriaoldrural a knitted cat & a small hand sewn fabric owl. I still have them both. Treasured possessions.

#ThrowbackThursday what doll did you all have #Childhood ?

@IanTeresaMoss that's hard work. Bet you'll sleep well tonight 💤

Three tonnes of top soil and one tonne of horse manure put on our borders today. 💪 💪 Who needs a gym subscription!!😂😂