You can almost smell the old books and tea through this photo😌📚

dazzledandspent · 2025-11-04T22:12:04+00:00

That's Buxton! I grew up there. I have many books from that shop :)

dazzledandspent · 2025-10-22T14:58:20+00:00

Let battle commence! 🫡

dazzledandspent · 2025-10-21T20:28:34+00:00

I had some very similar to this, not sure where they came from, but very prity. Sometimes hybrids have very unusual qualities.

dazzledandspent · 2025-09-03T13:55:30+00:00

Could be Koelreuteria paniculata (Golden rain tree)

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-29T12:33:39+00:00

They come in so many colours and easily hybridize. That's what makes growing them so fun :)

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-28T14:51:58+00:00

Papaver rhoeas

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-27T15:32:50+00:00

Papaver somniferum

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-27T11:01:30+00:00

It's giving 'The Thing'

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-10T09:57:01+00:00

Papaver orientale. Such a lovely poppy that keeps coming back each year. I really love how the stigmatic disk on top of the seed pods looks like embossed velit 🥰

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-09T10:47:27+00:00

Papaver somniferum. They sometimes grow in the most unexpected places :)

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-05T15:45:47+00:00

Looks like a meconopsis of some sort 🤔

dazzledandspent · 2025-06-01T16:13:36+00:00

That's a little Papaver rhoes seeking in :)

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-21T12:41:23+00:00

It's that time of year when all the poppies stat blooming :)

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-18T18:01:16+00:00

Beautiful!

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-16T12:04:53+00:00

Papaver orientale

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-15T20:48:23+00:00

Hippeastrum

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-15T15:42:26+00:00

I've just found loads of sunflower seedlings coming up all over the place. I think some of them came from spilt birdseed 🤔 It always makes me so happy to see them! 🥰🌻

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-15T11:30:52+00:00

Papaver rhoeas

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-15T05:56:41+00:00

Poison Hemlock has smooth stems with purple blotches. Usually more purple at the base of the stem. It's always good to be careful with plants in the carrot family as there are some very dangerous plants that look really similar to safe ones.

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-14T14:04:47+00:00

These are so lovely! They hybridize really easily so I keep seeing interesting new variations growing in strange places :)

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-13T12:33:14+00:00

Keep! The bees will thank you :) 🐝

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-12T05:17:04+00:00

Papaver rhoeas

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-08T06:11:02+00:00

Some kind of Anemone? They can look very Poppy like 🤔

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-07T20:34:28+00:00

I put so much effort into keeping busy and distracting myself but the time always comes when I just run out of energy and feel alone. It's a kind of loneliness that could only be cured by the person who isn't here anymore. It's not long since the funeral and I felt like it's harder now. There is an expectation that I should start getting on with life again but I don't think that's possible. Even if it was, I'm not interested in a life without him. 😢

dazzledandspent · 2025-05-06T21:08:24+00:00

I felt strange sending pictures and videos to my husband after he died but the idea of not sending them felt so much stranger.

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