Showing posts with label Violets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Violets. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

On yer marks


The arrival of Spring is a onestepforward onestepback process. The days are slowly getting warmer, but the winds are strill and bitter. I have trimmed, repotted, fertilised and weeded. All is ready. The African Violet on the sill beside my computer is a joy in waiting.


The avocado and the fig are filled with Thomas' 'green fuse'. Remember when the avocado was but a sluice of slime in a bottle?

And the olive trees are being their usual mediterranean selves: promising much, flaunting their fertility, but wisely producing much more than they need 'just in case'. Let's hope they all thrive during my absence in La Republique.

Friday, July 9, 2010

An NE facing sill behind glass


My orchids may not have relished the move from their sunny southern walkway to a more open courtyard, but these African Violets are thriving in their new environment.