Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Black & White
Tag: botanical garden
The Local Pond
I went to the Hermannshof (a botanical garden) on Saturday (the only day of the week not envelopped by grey) and I took a photo of the little pond there which looks rather unkempt in its autumn colours and disarray. Then I looked through older … Continue reading The Local Pond
Pond Revival
The pond turtle has come out of hibernating and the plants are also slowly coming back.
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A Veritable Oasis
I teach from Monday to Thursday, so Friday is my day for running errants. I had to go to town and combined my trip with a visit to the local botanical garden. The weather has turned, it’s become greyer and colder. It’s still too warm for November but it looks suitably autumnal at least.
The seats are still out but they are more decorative than utilitarian at this point.
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You don’t know what you’ve been missing
I don’t think we miss colour in winter quite as much as people used to because they were more limited without artificial dyes and the like, e.g. I wear a bright yellow anorak in winter (I want to be seen on the road!). There are plastic toys and boxes etc. in our house. We can buy flowers and fruits all year round. There is tv and outside there are large billboards, often in glaring colours. Winter is not as grey as it used to be.
But then the first trees start blooming in soft pinks and whites, the first crocusses appear, and dandelions, specks of yellow and blue and then all of a sudden the riot of tulips start and looking at them one realises: I have been missing colour in my life.
On sunny days, there are almost more people than flowers in this botanical garden.
Friday Fun: Colours
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