We managed to bring our Poinsettia back to full health, and all we did was move it to the kitchen and place it on the window sill.
I thought it deserved another showing on Ruby Tuesday!
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Ruby Tuesday – Poinsettia
Stumble it!Ruby Tuesday – For the season
This is our Christmas Poinsettia. We get one every year, but sadly they seldom last! I don’t know the secret of a hardy Poinsettia. Some leaves have already dropped and we only got it a few days ago.
The photos are not good quality. It has been such a dark, miserable day today that even though it was only 2pm when I took these, and I carried it right to the window, the automatic flash still went off!
Still, it’s a good subject for Ruby Tuesday I thought.
Ruby Tuesday – The Rose
Here it is, in all it’s glory! I have posted several photos this time.
The second bud bursts out after some heavy rain.
My feet got soaked walking on our waterlogged garden, but I didn’t care, I didn’t want to miss this one!
Day one.
Day two.
I decided to cut the rose and bring it in. The weather was not good, and I wanted the lovely smell indoors :O)
Day three. For some reason, I just couldn’t get the focus right on the last couple of days. Probably not enough light. I can’t wait to get a DSLR camera, so I can see what I’m taking properly.
Day four. Also, the rose is not as light in colour as it looks here. The first few shots show the correct colour.
Now I shall have to come up with something else for next weeks Ruby Tuesday ;O)
Ruby Tuesday
I feel cheated! Just two days after me taking the photo of the rose bud, I went to check it’s progress and this is what I found! Totally opened and past it’s best. It is still beautiful but I was so disappointed.
I have some consolation though, I found another bud :O)
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Ruby Tuesday
I decided to post this rose each week until it is in full bloom. I wait expectantly every year for this. We only ever get two, maybe three buds a year, and there is nothing like the first bloom!
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Ruby Tuesday
This post is a bit late. I almost forgot, then I had trouble uploading to Blogger.
This is a new bud of the rose I posted the other day. I can’t wait for it to bloom :O)
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Selective colour
This first image was taken using yellow as a selective colour setting on my camera. The second image is just a general setting.
I can’t wait to get a new SLR camera. The resulting image is never as sharp as I see it in the viewing window of my camera.
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Ruby Tuesday
It’s been a bit of a hectic week, so I wasn’t able to take any photos.This is a photo I took last year, of one of our roses. It’s a rose bush that has moved house with us three times, and still survives!
Royal landscape gardens – updated
These beautiful photos were taken by my sister-in-law, whilst visiting The Royal Landscape, an area covering over 1,000 acres in Windsor Great Park. It is made up of three key features – The Savill Garden, Valley Gardens and Virginia Water. These photos are from Valley Gardens and Savill Garden. The flowers are so colourful, and beautiful.
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The Valley Gardens and Lake are part of the Park and are free to walk round – all the walks are really well signposted and there are miles of them. The Savill Garden costs £7 (£6.50 for seniors). If you are doing the Valley Gardens and various walks, the best place to park is at Savill Garden and walk from there. Parking is free for first 90 mins and then I think £1 an hour thereafter. You can then have a coffee and there is a loo and shop etc by the car park.
For more information visit: theroyallandscape
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