red mum

IN MY last post I posted a photograph out my window that was taken earlier this afternoon and its a view I have loved over the years I have been here. I love my big bay window.

When I first moved in here, there were two things that sold me on this flat. One was the open fire; the other was the beautiful bay window. The fact that I didn’t have much choice is incidental to the fact that my flat had a feature that was wonderfully drawing. Once I moved in I set about moving the kitchen units which were placed in front of the window obscuring it. Since then I’ve spent a serious amount of time sitting in front of the window looking out hence the lots of pics I have of life going on outside my window.

While today was really lovely, so is this evening. Its raining now and there are lovely green smells coming in the window, my window boxes are also getting a great watering and every now and again people walk past on their way home. Sometimes they stop under the tree in the picture below for shelter before continuing on home. But as rain goes the sprinkling this evening is nothing compared to the drenching we have been at the receiving end of recently.

Out my window – this evening.

Don’t know what I have done to this pic to make it look so veiled.

This is a one taken on St Patrick’s Day; a guy walking up the road gives a big ‘howdie’ to a passing Guinness truck. Course the Guinness truck just ignored him.

FINALLY a lovely day. I am sitting at the table working on photographs on the laptop in front of the open window with a gorgeous breeze blowing. Will I put a scud on it if I tentatively ask ‘is summer finally arriving?

Whether it is or isn’t I am enjoying the day and delighted with the plants I added to my little window boxes. I had planted a load of plants but had left them in the bedding tray for too long and some of them just gave up the ghost.

The window boxes are turning out to be a mixed bag of lavender, lobellia, petunas, mini-fushia and geranium. I’ve wanted a window box of lavender for a couple of years. Last year I bought six plants and only two were happy. This year of those two, one is delighted where it is and the other looks like the runt of the litter; small though it is, it is still looking healthy. Neither have flowered this year, however, the smell on your hands after running them through the plants is amazing.

I’ve no room for any more window boxes which is a pity because I do love them and would make lots more if I could.

Anyway here’s what I’m looking at right now. (And I do know I’ve been memed I promise to do it soon.)