Flower Power

[Member ID2]

That's Quasimodo back in place. He started off as a fountain but the birds claimed him as their communal bath.

 

[Coco61]

Love Quasimodo.

H had a period of getting stonework in, a couple of lions, Julius Caesar’s head and Eastern styles too!

 

[Member ID2]

Coco, it was you mentioning the robins splasing about that prompted me to finish the clearing up project i was working on and give the birds their bath back.

 

[Member ID2]

I love stonework and have a fascination with old churches and gargoyles. Love them and love York.
I have a stone bird house i bought years ago from a stonemason and have always driven little old bangers. I still wonder how i managed to get it home in something like a Metro or Micra.

 

[Coco61]

York - as in the city? My son lived there for a few years and so I drove there once a year to visit and loved the place.

You mentioning stonework has just caused me to go outside and see what was worthwhile taking photos of.
Hope something makes you smile!

 

[Coco61]

Here is Julius Caesar on his plinth with 2 lions guarding.
Bonsai trees on either side in trays are a few of those H has.

 

[Coco61]

This statue of Buddha was red once with his lions. It is bare ground around him because H cleared the corner last weekend as it was a mess and put these there temporarily.
Unseen is a lovely purple acacia tree in front of him.

 

[Coco61]

A small pebble/slate area.

 

[Member ID2]

Yes as in the city of York.
Love your stonework which is very much the type of garden i like too.

 

[Coco61]

I thought about the acacia tree and went out to see it in the late sunshine.
Red I think not purple and over a small pond. Yup, another statue and peer through the leaves to see Buddha in his corner.

 

[Coco61]

Yes as in the city of York.
Love your stonework which is very much the type of garden i like too.

Have to admit it is all down to H’s hard work over 35 years here. I am allowed a few flowers for some colour now. The winter weather really did some damage and he is rather disheartened now but we shall see what nature does.

 

[Member ID2]

That's a lovely corner and what a glorious colour in the late sunshine.

 

[Member ID2]

Have to admit it is all down to H’s hard work over 35 years here. I am allowed a few flowers for some colour now. The winter weather really did some damage and he is rather disheartened now but we shall see what nature does.

Nature has a way of balancing itself out. One goes and another grows.

 

[elusive]

That is a lovely colour, I do love that kind of coloured foliage.
Is that yellow flag iris in front of it in the pond?

 

[Coco61]

Indeed it is elusive. It has rather taken over right now and flowered in abundance.

 

[elusive]

It can be a bit of a thug but you have to forgive it being so beautiful! I have lots in my front garden but that faces north so is only just coming into bud now.

 

[Member ID2]

This rose is very old and has a powerful scent. They don't grow them like that anymore.
I often see my OH in the garden sniffing this rose.

 

[elusive]

Can’t beat a good old fashioned rose like that, the newer ones really don’t seem to have much in the way of scent.

 

[Zara]

What a lovely garden Coco , I like to have garden ornaments in between the plants too, they compliment each other really well.

 

[Coco61]

Thank you Zara though the credit belongs to H. The palm trees and cypress trees remain out of shot! It is all rather a lot in a narrow garden and at this time of year the clippings are piling up.