I originally planned to share this post last week but it wasn’t to be, so here it is now. And as I said in my weekly round-up post, it was nice to have something different to photograph while I waited for MOH, and spending time (however short) in a garden that’s not your own connects you to nature in a completely different, but good, way.
I think it will be hard for anyone not to be cheered by the sun on this vibrant poppy, I know I was totally mesmerised.
Well, until I spotted the sun on the love-in-a-mist looking delicate and determined at the same time.
With a camera in hand, albeit an iPhone, I know I see things differently so looking down from above and trying to capture the light, for me, is key. And things that may get overlooked in everyday life become the focus, elevating them from their usual everyday existence.
Even spotting a ‘water caterpillar’ on the hosta leaves was an absolute joy, and I’m so pleased the photo worked out and reflects how it looked in real life.
You’ll know I need no excuses for snapping succulents, but add terracotta and fallen camellia blooms, yeap, it was always going to happen, wasn’t it?
Colour and texture are as important in the garden, here the acer leaves add the colour and in the greenhouse the thermometer adds texture as well as usefulness stylishly - much prettier than my functional plastic one!
The garden is full of geraniums, and as I waited it became a slight obsession to capture the sun shining through their leaves. It seems even the spiders are fans.
We’ve booked to go to RHS Hyde Hall on Friday, our first trip out in eleven weeks, so I’m hoping for plenty more new vistas and flowers to snap and share. I’m sure our visit will be quite unlike any of our other visits there, but isn’t so much of our daily lives like that now?
