Better than Red Roses

This is the first winter in which I have lived in this very nice house with its lovely, very green garden, upon which I have written before.  

Today, mild and pleasant, I walked with kitchen scraps to the compost heap, and saw all around, sprung up over the past few rainy days, hundreds, literally hundreds, of bulbs.  They have been planted around the pear trees, under the hedges and all along the base of the lovely old brick walls that surround the whole.  

They don't look very spectacular at present, being just green spikes in the bare earth, but they will.

And these snowdrops already look pretty spectacular, in their way, under the beech hedge.  And there is the promise of celandines, hyacinth, daffodils and, best of all, bluebells.

Way better than red roses on Valentine's Day, way better.  (Which is just as well ...... )

Six of the Best, and a few more for fun

Not all of my favourite posts feature in the Most Visited section on the right (although several do - you could check that out too)

So here are six more that I really like, and a few more for fun.

Political (in the broadest sense)

Alexander McQueen: Why I, A Feminist, Will Miss Him
Did his critique of the the fashion industry have a feminist tinge? It certainly looks like it, but hard to be certain.....

A Poem for 9/11 by Emmanuel Ortiz
Read with care.  The rage is incandescent (and righteous).


Bringing Berlusconi Low
Wrong pecker, Sr Tartaglia, but thanks anyway!


Personal


A Magic Summer Evening Long Ago and A Moment of Truth (which go together)
Father and Daughter.  Sometimes thirty seconds can last a lifetime

Five Things I Like about Newport Beach (and three things not so much)
Life in the OC is really something else

Newport Beach from the Air  Image via Wikipedia

It's True!  I met Rihanna....
It really is true, and the laugh's on me.

Fun


The Trees of Orange County
Short photo essay

Jim Jarmusch: Nothing is Original, Steal from Anywhere.
Lovely quote by a lovely guy.

My Garden is Extremely Green (literally)
Another photo essay.


And the Funnest of all

The Needy Blogger.
And which among us doesn't need links?

My Garden is Extremely Green (Literally)

I am a vagabond at present, part of the hidden homeless, kind of. So far this year I have had four separate homes: in sequence, of course.  

Fortunately, these places have had beautiful gardens, of various styles, which has been a comfort........

My current garden is a bit run-down, shabby even, but is very green and peaceful, and in its way, also beautiful.

Completely walled, it is (sadly) innocent of cats, but correspondingly full of birds and birdsong, including, especially delightful, a tame robin.

And for one so small, it has a vista.

And an embowered compost box

Sporting today a single spray of white flowers, the only one in the entire garden.

It has several interesting nooks and crannies

Sadly there is no veggie patch, and no tomatoes, but there are some peaches ripening by the kitchen window, which add a very subtle touch of colour.

All in all, I really am very lucky to be here.  

Other gardens I have known this year

A Garden: the best damn reading spot in the world.

Tea in the Garden