Yesterday Jackie tidied up the area fronting the garage door trellis. This involved clearing away last year’s plants that were beyond their best-before date, especially the still blooming nasturtiums that should have shrivelled and died months ago. She then added new life to the pots.
Today was one of steady, light, rain. Starting with the Head Gardener’s new planting of perky primulas and pansies
I photographed pellucid precipitation on diverse daffodils;
on fresh tulips;
on other pansies;
on hellebore brollies;
on winsome wallflowers:
on camellia petals;
on slender summer snowflakes;
on pink pelargoniums;
and on a closed clematis Cirrhosa Freckles.
Floral lichen on the back of the Nottingham Castle bench is developing nicely.
This afternoon, Valentine from HSL brought a sample chair,
one of which he tried out for size for each of us. Having taken an order he returned this one to his van and, for the first time in two years, I was able to rise from a seat without using my arms.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s luscious lemon chicken; crisp roast potatoes; and crunchy cauliflower, carrots, Brussels sprouts, with tasty gravy. I drank Carinena El Zumbido Garnacha Syrah 2017, while the Culinary Queen abstained.
I learned a new word from this post, Derrick: pellucid! Hope the sun comes out, but those flowers look pretty anyway 🙂
I’m pleased, Barbara. All dry, if not sunny, today. Thank you very much.
Got all ready for a walk and it started to rain. Now I will have to wait but I’m determined to get out there!
Derrick, your gift for sublime photographs of exquisite flora and for welcoming us into your life, always leaving one’s mouth watering with your food and wine choices is exactly the balm of normality that is needed in this surreal and somewhat alarming moment in time. Thank you.
And thank you so much for appreciating it, Osyth. I’ll try to stay as normal as possible.
Hell you said, that’s what my voice activated message was but I meant to say pellucid precipitation certainly gives those blooms quite an interesting bloomi’ look.
Thanks very much, John. It is good to defeat the voice 🙂
What a colorful flowery post! I am happy to hear that you have acquired a comfortable chair, Derrick.
Thanks very much, Dolly.
My pleasure, Derrick.
I love your raindrop photos.
Thank you very much, Mrs W.
Your welcome.
that rains looks like a very healthy drizzle. I’m sure it will do the flowers a world of good. It’s always nice nice to find a really comfy chair. Enjoy. 🙂
Thank you very much, Sylvia. Raindrops all gone today.
Gorgeous photos, Derrick! I couldn’t pick a favorite. That chair was made for you!
Thanks very much, Jill.
WOW. I’d love a chair like that. I have a lovely looking chair but not at all comfortable.
Thank you very much, Chrissy.
Those raindrop photos are absolutely magnificent! 🙂 And that’s a very nice chair! I recently found a very good one myself too! 🙂
Thank you very much, M.B.
I bought a new sofa a couple of years ago that was higher and firmer than my previous one. It makes a huge difference to the grace with which we can attain a standing position again 🙂 Your various bits of alliteration are excellent 🙂
Thanks very much, Pauline. Grace, I like 🙂
Your new chair looks very comfortable Derrick…I’m jealous….
Thanks very much, Ivor. You can’t have it 🙂
Lovely raindrop pictures. The primula are a beautiful rich colour. I hope you new chairs will soon be delivered.
Thank you very much, Susan. Normal time lag is 4/6 weeks, but currently, who knows?
Such a riot of early season colour in your garden must help to counteract our current worries. I wish you good fortune in your ejection seat experiences.
Thanks very much, Roland. Our ceilings should just be high enough 🙂
I really like the clarity of the flowers against the blurred background!
Thank you very much, Liz. The narrow depth of field of the lens helped.
🙂
Wonderful photos. pellucid, had to look that one up.
Many thanks, Gary. When drafting, the word just came to me and I wasn’t sure what it meant, so I had to look it up, too. 🙂
I am glad you could get up the chair without using your arms. Quite an accomplishment, no going back now. 🙂
Thank you very much, Bridget
The photographs of pellucid precipitation on diverse daffodils were enough to make me glad that it had rained. That’s a good looking chair.
Many thanks, Tootlepedal. We will now have one each.
The rain bejeweled flowers are beautiful, Derrick and Jackie! That looks like a very comfortable chair, too!
Thank you very much, Lavinia.
Those flowers look happy to be holding the water drops. Jackie did a very nice job on the garage door trellis!
Thank you very much, JoAnna.
All those pictures are so beautiful. I liked the floral lichen best
Tanks very much, Muntazir. I’m pleased you liked that one. I have never photographed it before.
Those words are as crisp as the flowers that grace those pictures.
beyond their best-before dates, perky primulas and pansies, pellucid precipitation…
You do look majestic in your perch.
Very many thanks, Uma. Your words, as ever, are pretty eloquent, too.
Beautiful drops of rain!
Thank you very much, Sylvie.
🙂
There’s nothing like a good chair, especially one that allows for comfortable reading. Getting out with alacrity is a bonus, and one to savor. The flower photos are wonderful. There’s nothing like rain or dew to decorate already beautiful plants.
Thank you very much, Linda. “Alacrity” is a slight exaggeration 🙂
A visual feast.
Thank you very much, Anne. I thought we all needed it.
Just gorgeous Derrick!
Weirdly, in Southern California, we are getting as much rain daily for a long time as the UK. I love every day of it in our parched land.
Be safe and take good care Derrick
You, too, Cindy. Thank you very much.
Beautiful water drops and flowers. You look comfy in that chair!
Thanks very much, Luanne. It remains to be seen how long it will take for delivery.
Yes. Amazon is no longer reliable over here.
At Nottingham City Hospital, the physio told me that the way to get up easily was connected with how you start, so remember “Noses over toeses” which does work quite well, although it does quite often depend on the chair.
Thanks very much, John. That is exactly how, unknowingly, I did it yesterday.
“Raindrops on Roses” (SoM) – fabulous pictures Derrick.
No rain for us, we are in a spell of good sunny weather, works well with social distancing.
I assume that you don’t use the garage to park the car.
The garage is the library, Andrew. https://derrickjknight.com/2015/11/08/the-garage-frontage/
My Great aunt Mabel was Julie Andrews’s governess.
Thanks very much.
I can’t thank you and Jackie enough for posting photos of spring, a reminder there is a good reason for the expression “Hope springs eternal”. Is there a mechanism that helps you rise from the chair, like a pilot’s ejector seat? Or is it just higher than usual making it easier to get out of with “alacrity”? (Great word!)
Just higher than usual, Sue. Although when younger I could get in and out easily I never had chairs high enough. So pleased you enjoy the photos. Thanking you, too, for your appreciation.
Wonderful photos of pellucid precipitation on the flower petals, Derrick. 😀 You look very comfortable in that chair. I saw above the normal timeframe for deliveries–I hope it doesn’t take too long for it to arrive.
Thanks very much, Merril
Lovely droplets Derrick. They speak of renewal and refreshing to me. I eagerly await the return of the green and blooming things here…
Thanks very much, Julie
Beautiful, beautiful flowers! I exclaimed aloud with each picture. And, how wonderful that you have a new chair that will allow you to get up more easily.
Thank you very much, Laurie. I’m pleased to elicit that response
A comfortable looking chair
And gorgeous flowers
Thank you very much, More
You’re very welcome
So glad Jackie has been getting things planted – I needed a bit of spring today, and your garden is always a treat. I think I liked the 2nd tulip photos the best. Loved your words – “beyond their best-before date” – lol and loved the alliteration. Fun stuff.
Confused about the chair – is is a special chair that helps you stand, or have your knees gotten so much better?
The chair is simply high enough. I can stand and walk pretty well – just can’t get out of low seats. Thank you for your comments and your concern, Jodie.
Oh, gotcha. Good – I thought maybe it was one of those chairs that tilted up and dumped you out. Glad you don’t need that!
So am I 🙂 Thanks again
Amazing flowers as usual and those chairs look nice and comfy, especially if you say you did not need to use your hands to get up.
Thank you very much, Geetha
Most welcome Derrick. I am enjoying the UK beginning of spring too although I don’t have flowers but only green plants as I now live in a flat in London
Wow! Where?
Lots of superior alliteration attending this post. I approve.
🙂 Thanks a lot, Leslie
How delicious it is to watch the processes in your fine garden. These are some of my very favorite photos of your flowers, Derrick. I long to buy potting soil and flowers and seeds… but we are not allowed to be out shopping except for essentials. Besides which, now thousands of businesses in the US are closing up due to the pandemic…. So this post did me good, that is for certain, and thank you.
I’m very pleased, Cynthia. I’ll keep them coming. Thank you, too.
I’ve modified just about all the chairs I use so that my bum never gets any lower to the floor than my knees. 🙂 … so congratulations on your chair !!! 😀
That is something that even in my younger days I never had – so ingenious. Especially if you did it rather than Mrs Widds. 🙂 Thanks very much, Widders.
Heh, heh, heh … I’m more of a hand-tools gal, I leave the electrical/mechanical jobs in her very capable hands. 😀
Stunning pictures! If I had my home I would love to hang some of them on my walls! So so beautiful!
And that chair looks comfy 😉
Thank you very much, Ribana. You are very welcome to take pictures from the blog when you have your own home.
Oh, I’ll remember that 😉 thank you! 😊
Your water-jeweled flowers are heavenly!
And, YAY, for your new chair!
(((HUGS)))
Thanks very much, Carolyn X
I’m envious of your spring flowers, we’re still looking out at snow. Temps are a bit over 0C (32F) but waiver day to day and below 0 C overnight. I’m so looking forward to spring.
Thanks very much, Kelly. I hope spring comes to you soon.
Wonderful photos, Derrick!
Pat
Good to see you here, Pat. Thanks very much.
Your nasturtiums did well 😊 glad you have a suitable armchair.
Thanks very much, Helen
I love your knee patches!
Thank you very much, da-AL 🙂
Derrick, your photos and garden are more beautiful everyday.
Thanks very much, Drew