by jenny.monds | Apr 19, 2023 | BLOGS
I was so pleased to find a small patch of snake’s head fritillaries growing in our garden. I’ve long loved these flowers. The texture of the petals really does look like snakeskin, but I also love the shape. Most shapes in nature are circles and curves, but...
by jenny.monds | Apr 12, 2023 | BLOGS
I do love blossom – looking at it and drawing it. Our little plum tree is covered in white flowers at the moment. Why do we talk about ‘blossom’ rather than flowers? According to the Woodland Trust website, blossom refers to the flowers of stone...
by jenny.monds | Apr 5, 2023 | BLOGS
Spring is such a wonderful time of year. New life is all around us. The dead looking, gnarled, lichen-covered apple tree is full of new tips and buds just waiting to burst into blossom. Happy Easter, everyone!
by jenny.monds | Mar 29, 2023 | BLOGS
Friends kindly gave me this unusual primula, with beautiful dark patches on both sides of each petal. It has a similar shape to a cowslip, and the wonderful curly leaves of cowslips and primroses. This one is called silver/ gold lace, and there is a look of broderie...
by jenny.monds | Mar 22, 2023 | BLOGS
I picked this twig up recently on a walk with a friend. It is so completely covered in lichen that it almost looks like a large hairy caterpillar. The twig itself is only apparent at either end, like a skeleton providing a structure for the lichen, with just an...
by jenny.monds | Mar 12, 2023 | BLOGS
The Lily … even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these’. [Matthew 6:28,29] Some friends gave me a large bunch of these beautiful flowers last week. At the time they were all in bud, the tapered forms of which had a beauty of their own. Over...
