thirty days ago, on the 20th of September I stepped out on a Saturday morning, amazed suddenly at the rate at which growth was surging ahead in our gardens - and decided to take a few pics as I went for this wee ramble...
I didn't imagine I'd be so taken with the actions around me that I'd explore this every 10 days. It has been fascinating for me, plus a good excuse for a wander. Some plants have 'seen it all' in just 30 days - l like this rose, which was a promising bud, here...
...and these were a tiny cluster of tightly-closed fuschia-pink buds...
...under an ever-enlarging canopy of shade and protection this year's bottling supply of pears is quietly growing...
...the quince tree is now covered with many more baby quinces than one family could ever consume...
...and here's that tiny grape sprout!!! - stupendous growth...
...these look like the tightly-gripped fist of some mean ol' fella...
...not so easy to distinguish/comprehend the scale - the fig which was apparent here, too...is MUCH bigger...
...now why would the background of this photo be SO blown-out, I wonder?? because to FIND these two plums, I had to crawl under the tree and point the camera skywards. They are now cleverly, nestled very carefully away deep among the leaves, right under the branch...and today was one of those incredible Spring days - hot, sunny, clear with a bright blue sky...
...just a bit bigger...
...and this week we ate the first strawberries...mmm...so the original ones I photographed are...GONE! These ones sit on a dandelion plant - a weed, perhaps, but one I don't find the heart to rip out, so they remain bedfellows.
Well, it has been a wonderful gift, a meditation perhaps of the wonder of the divine energy that imbues all things. I feel privileged to have witnessed all these miraculous events.
What small mirales have you seen lately?
Beautiful, and a wonder to share it with you.
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DeleteWow - we are so far behind you it is not funny. Still a good month to get to that stage.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how different the growing rates can be - I think of here as being quite a short season - and I think it has maybe warmed up very fast here this year...? Not sure. I'm sure you'll savour and appreciate everything even MORE, when it finally arrives :)
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