by jenny.monds | Sep 19, 2024 | BLOGS
Faces are endlessly fascinating, don’t you agree? Everyone has two eyes, a nose, a mouth and a chin. How can they all be so different? Apparently the likelihood of two people sharing exactly the same facial features is estimated to be less than 1 in 1 trillion!...
by jenny.monds | Aug 22, 2024 | BLOGS
The sunflower is a beautiful flower. And it can grow impossibly tall. I remember my grandmother ‘accidentally’ growing a hugely tall one (or so it seemed to me then) which she thought must have come from the bird seed she constantly threw on the ground. Latter...
by Tess Tidmarsh | Jul 19, 2024 | BLOGS
I was so surprised in France recently to see a small bee fly past me while clutching a leaf. I’d never seen anything like it. It almost looked as though it was riding a little green magic carpet. Then the bee landed on a stone wall and tried to push the leaf into a...
by jenny.monds | Jul 9, 2024 | BLOGS
Could anyone not like peonies? Rose-like but more flamboyant, this one is a wonderful fuchsia pink. Definitely a “look at me” flower. The tightly curled central petals are a mass of shapes, interesting to draw, and reminiscent of a shaggy pom-pom. The peony is a...
by jenny.monds | Jul 9, 2024 | BLOGS
Is there anything better than an English garden in May? At least when the sun is shining! Hiding under some trees I found this lovely weigela bush. This one is a deep pink, although I read they can also be white, red or purple. For anyone travelling north, apparently...
by jenny.monds | Jul 9, 2024 | BLOGS
Think of spring and we think of daffodils, tulips- and blossom. There is something about blossom which brings joy to us all. The delicate colours, the fragility, and the way it explodes on what were until recently bare branches. Our old cherry tree is now a mass of...
