Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life.
Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post
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photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me.
Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
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usually run with a theme. This week, (and perhaps next week) my photos will be from home. Our luck ran out and for the first time in over a year we have community transmission of Covid 19 and have gone into lockdown. A strict lockdown with only five acceptable reasons to leave home. I am glad that our Chief Minister took that step and didn't wait. As I prepare this post we have seven active cases (who were out and about while infectious). Hopefully prompt action will keep future cases to a minimum. As an aside I was delighted to learn that community groups are donating washable/reusable masks to the homeless in my community. They are again mandatory, and an expense which many of the homeless simply cannot afford.
It is still winter here. The mornings have been crisp and cool - though the other resident says that cold is a better description.
While winter is still with us there are definite hints that Spring is not far away.
There are only a few sprigs of wattle out at the moment, but I expect by next weekend there will be a glorious golden display at the top of our garden.
I put a rock in the bird's water bath, so that the smaller birds can drink safely. I was fascinated to see that one of them brought some moss seeds (spores?) with it, and that it is thriving.
I hope that your week is safe, colourful and happy.
Always concerned with the birds' well-being. God bless you!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers.
Caterina: It is crowded in my head, but there is always room in there for care and concern for the birds. I hope there will be a LOT more flowers in the coming weeks. The signs are good.
DeleteJonquils are always the first sign of spring here.
ReplyDeleteYour Chief Minister sounds like a smart guy. Of course he has the US as a bad example to work from.
Mike: We have had jonquils blooming for several months now. We have plenty of bad examples of our own. The premier of the nearest State needed well over 500 cases recorded in a day to order a state wide lockdown. And she made the order by tweet. Sound familiar?
DeleteOver 500 in one day?? Holy bananas! I do hope they listen this time and stay home. and wear masks.
DeleteRiver: Nearer 600. Sadly they don't seem to be following rules. A friend who drives a taxi in one of the areas which has been locked down for some time says it is quite common for him to drive people to parties.
DeleteI continue to find it hard to wrap my head around such beautiful blooms in winter. Frost and flowers do not co-exist here.
ReplyDeleteThe frosted greenery is a work of art by nature - and captured forever by your good eye and camera.
I'm sorry to hear of community transmission of Covid there. And glad your Chief is taking prompt measures to curb it. That's the only way to protect people when dealing with such a contagious illness. Take care and stay safe, EC.
jenny_o: It was only a matter of time before the Delta variant hit us. I expected it to be the politicians who infected us, but was wrong.
DeleteI am enjoying the seasons co-existing. It was/is another brisk one this morning and another frost. And the flowers are blooming.
Buon 15 Agosto
ReplyDeleteGiancarlo: Thank you. And to you.
DeleteI love spring time blooms. We have different wildflowers almost year round except for 1 sometimes 2 weeks of hard winter for us.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you guys are able to do a hard lockdown. There is just a lot of sad news that is going to come out of my country for awhile. The tide is turning a wee bit about convincing people to get the vaccine. But we have a stubborn lot.
Ann Bennett: We are lucky. There are things in flower for most of the year here. So far the signs from our lockdown are positive. With luck it will be a very brief one.
DeleteYour flower photos are beautiful. I'm sorry about the COVID transmission in your area. It's very bad in Florida because of the Delta variant. I keep expecting a lockdown for the entirety of the U.S. but it hasn't happened. We, of course, have a huge amount of noisy and sometimes violent opposition just to the wearing of masks.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Janie Junebug: We have some noisy opponents here too. So far they have successfully been ignored. Fingers crossed our lockdown works - as it has in other States.
DeleteI love all your pretty spring flowers. As you see signs of spring, we are seeing signs of fall, and after a horrendous period of heat and terrible air quality, it's all getting better today and tomorrow. It's always so nice to visit your neck of the woods. :-)
ReplyDeleteDJan: Autumn/fall is one of my favourite seasons. I do hope that your air quality improves - and stays that way. Hugs.
DeleteThe past couple of days have been a bit warmer...but, fortunately, and hopefully, chilly temps are predicted to return within a day or two. I'm not ready for spring, nor for summer just yet! More winter please!!!
ReplyDeleteI've been grumbling because humans are now being told not to toss their masks anywhere, and everywhere, willy and nilly! Now along with plastics, discarded masks are ending up in our waterways and elsewhere! It's a sad world when humans don't have enough good sense, common sense, not to correctly dispose of masks without having to be told!!
I hope the week ahead treats you kindly, EC...take good care. Cuddles to Jazz. :)
Lee: I will welcome Spring but not Summer.
DeleteSadly not enough scientific money/research is being devoted to finding a cause/cure for stupidity. Or jerkdom.
I hope you and the furry overlords have a wonderful week.
So nice to see the spring flowers although the frost is always a surprise as it's warming up here nicely in Brisbane with the end of winter! I hope that you stay safe and your quick lockdown is effective. We were worried when we had our 8 day lockdown a few weeks ago - usually we just have the 3 day ones! But it seems to have worked, and lockdown is lifted now although a few restrictions still around.
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a good weekend :) We enjoyed the warmer weather at the park yesterday, such a nice day for winter!
Away From The Blue
Mica: Fingers crossed our lockdown does work. The early signs are good. It is chilly here (another frost) but a bright and beautiful day is forecast. Have a wonderful weekend (what is left of it).
DeleteYour daffodils – or, as Mike calls them: jonquils – made me smile. As in the northern hemisphere they are blooming around Easter, in Germany they are called Osterglocken (Easterbells).
ReplyDeleteIn your neck of the wood they are rather springbells, eh?
Sean Jeating: We have both jonquils AND daffodils out at the moment (with more coming out each day). Springbells is a wonderful name for them. Thank you.
DeleteWe are close to a hundred degrees - I would take crisp and cool.
ReplyDeleteSeven cases puts you into lockdown? We'd still be in lockdown from last March if that were true here! I won't tell you how many thousands we have at the moment, and many are those who had the shot.
Alex J. Cavanaugh: I would take our temperatures over yours any day. Some of our infected people have had the vaccine. Most have not. And sadly there is insufficient supply here at the moment.
DeleteWonderful photos! I'm happy that at least you're in your favorite season for your lockdown, and not summer! I wish that our government was as quick to take action as yours is. Huge hugs to you.
ReplyDeleteRiver Fairchild: I am grateful for our early lockdown - and for winter. Huge hugs to you too. Always.
DeleteHow I would love to have a Wattel bush here in my garden. They must be spectacular when in full bloom.
ReplyDeleteYour winters are so mild as compared to ours. Our ground usually freezes deep especially when we get less snow. I'm amazed at all the beautiful flowers you have in winter.
I'm sorry about another lockdown in your area. When will it all end? We have just been allowed to go without mask and social distancing but many still are wearing their mask, social distance and sanitize their hand on entering a building.
We are experiencing high heat and humidity right now.
Stay safe ad well.
Hugs,
Julia
Julia: Wattles ARE spectacular. You will assuredly see photos of ours when it is fully out. Sadly I doubt I will be able to show the golden spread over much of my city. On a world wide standard our winters are wimpy, which means we can have things blooming for much of the year.
DeleteHigh temperature and humidity? Shudder. I hope you can avoid the worst of it.
I hope that this lockdown is effective, and that we can return to mask free days. I am not going to rush it though.
What a beautiful selection of lovely spring flowers! Winter is definitely losing its grip, albeit slowly... I've just come back from our morning walk, and it is a joy to see so many gardens bursting with colour.
ReplyDeleteI was saddened to hear on the news that the ACT has had to go into lockdown - you seemed to be doing so well. Good that they have made a swift decision and not dithered around as some of the other states have done. We have been warned that there is a high chance we will have another lockdown before Christmas; our government strongly supports "go fast and go hard".
We have had both vaccines - a bonus of the fact that Mr A is chairman of the board of one of our care homes for the elderly, and we were offered the "spares". The vaccination rates are really amping up here now.
I hope you enjoy having time to enjoy your birds and your garden... take care of yourself.
Alexia: I am in favour of go fast and hard. And while we had another two cases diagnosed overnight that is sooo much better than it could have been. I am fully vaccinated now. Himself is not. He is waiting for access to a 'better' vaccine. Which does my head in.
DeleteI have indeed been the garden and will go back again shortly.
If you had an open garden scheme, I think your garden would generate a lot of interest. Wattle Day in two weeks and your timing will be good. It is decidedly warmer here now.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: Having been to open gardens in the past, they are decidedly more 'manicured' than ours is (or will ever be). However I have been out in the garden this morning and one of the regular walkers tells me it is a highlight of her walk - for the scent and the colour. Which is lovely.
DeleteI remember in the 90s visiting a couple of inner suburban unmanicured cottage gardens and I found them so interesting, and so did others. They were both at homes of newspaper garden columnists. One was Anne Latreille. I forget the other.
DeleteAndrew: Thank you. I like cottage gardens too.
DeleteI love your pots of hyacinth. I noticed some early wattle here about a month ago but didn't have my camera with me. I'm very sad the lemon scented wattles near our 'community room" have gone and town houses are in their place. I think any day that is cool enough to put frost on leaves is what I would call cold too. Putting rocks in bird baths helps insects to drink also by giving them a safe landing space, so you may see bees and dragonflies landing to drink.
ReplyDeleteRiver: I would love to see dragonflies - but there is no water close by. I do see insects having a drink - which is lovely. Over the next couple of weeks the Cootamundra wattles will come out and the city will blaze with them.
DeleteThank you. And I hope your week is safe, colorful and happy as well. Good to see so many blossoms before spring.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Noragon: There are more blossoms coming out each day - which is both colourful and happy. The garden is the furthest I have been - which makes me safe.
DeleteSuch cheerful Spring colours!And I love the designs the frost makes on those leaves....
ReplyDeletemolly: Mr Frost's etchings always fascinate (and delight) me.
DeleteBellas flores te mando un beso
ReplyDeleteJ.P Alexander: Thank you.
DeleteYour flowers are so beautiful and so are the frozen leaves. Seven cases. You're so different there. Three of my family members alone have Covid, and travelled with it around California. That's just three people I know about who got it and behaved badly and never got vaccinated when they could have. How many people did they infect? Probably lots. Oh boy, I just see no end to it here with people behaving the way they are.
ReplyDeleteStrayer: It is now up to nine and the contact team is working overtime to make sure that we catch anyone else who might be putting the community at risk.
DeleteSuch beautiful flowers à bit différent or what is blooming here now ! We à de going towards fall ! and the virus isn still there ! I am so fed up
ReplyDeletehttps://gattinawritercramps.blogspot.com/2021/08/sunday-selection_01898796291.html
Gattina: I think all of us are beyond tired of Covid 19. I am heading over to see your Sunday Selections now.
DeleteBrrrr - but really, your winter sure is still beautiful compared to ours!
ReplyDeleteIt´s so sad. 1999 we got all the documents to make it to Australia for good, but I got 0 points on work experience as I´d just finished studying, so we decided I make up on that.
My job was great. We made short trips to the Carribean and forgot about Australia somehow (we had no friends there back then).
Now... we´re too old, Australia does not take people 50+.
All we could do is visit and then "Corinna" hit.
Bitter-sweet to see your winter.
But please keep sharing.
Iris Flavia: Most Australian winters are not as cold as ours is.
DeleteI am sorry that you didn't make the cut and couldn't move here permanently but glad you could visit. Some day I hope you can visit again.
Lovely post--- I know it's getting closer to Fall here, and that means it's closer to Spring there. I know it, but still my brain does a couple of flip-flops.
ReplyDeleteBill: I don't have any problems with that issue - but still can't get my head around the time differences. Weird isn't it the things the mind accepts and those it rejects.
DeleteBuenos días, amiga. Espero y confío en que no se extiendan más ese número de infectados, y que pronto podáis volver a salir de casa libremente. Aquí en España estamos padeciendo la quinta ola de contagios, y aunque parece que ya está remitiendo las normas de prevención siguen siendo las misma, así que podemos salir y viajar, advirtiendo las autoridades mucho sobre las normas y la responsabilidad de las personas, que por desgracia no todo el mundo cumple.
ReplyDeleteTus plantas y flores están muy bonitas a pesar de que estáis en invierno, por lo que se agradece mucho que las compartas.
Que disfrutes de un feliz domingo, y cuídate mucho.
Manuel: Thank you so much. Not every one complies here either - though so far my city has been pretty good. Time will tell. Another two cases were identified today, but so far the numbers are low.
DeleteYou stay safe and healthy too please.
what delights you have in your garden as spring approaches. thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnna: I hope that lots more comes out in the garden in the weeks to come. Lots that isn't weeds that is.
DeleteDear EC
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos of Winter and Spring. I think the UK will be in another lockdown before too long - everything hasn't opened up again and the covid numbers among young people are going up. I am continuing to social distance and wear a mask in shops and crowded places.
Keep safe and have a good week enjoying your lovely plants.
Best wishes
Ellie
Ellie Foster: I hope that our lockdown will be relatively short - but won't be holding my breath. The State next to us has very high numbers. You stay safe too please.
DeleteLovely garden and those flowers are great. x
ReplyDeleteaussie aNNie: Thank you.
DeleteLovely to see your flowers, they are pretty.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had many frosts at all this winter.
Margaret D: We have had less frosts this winter too - mainly because there has been a lot of rain. Welcome rain.
Delete"Crisp and cool" is what I want to hear! A pox on the heat we have to put up with now!
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: I will take crisp and cool over heat. Any day.
DeleteYour flower and frost images are beautiful EC, and I love the moss on your birdbath rock. So sorry to hear you are in lockdown too, I hope it is short and successful. Thinking of you
ReplyDeleteKim: I smile at the moss on that rock too. I hope our lockdown is successful, but am (mostly) happy to wait.
DeleteHi EC - I saw the lockdown ... I hope it curtails the outbreak - we still live in uncertain times, but we are relatively safe compared to so many.
ReplyDeleteI love the effect frost/very cold weather leaves on our plants and trees ... equally it's always lovely to see the first Spring flowers - they are gorgeous ... my mother's jewels - the anemones.
That's such good news about the masks being re-cycled for the homeless ... community spirit at its best. Stay safe and enjoy the cold, while it lasts - as I know you prefer your weather as it is now. With thoughts - Hilary
Hilary Melton-Butcher: I hope our lockdown is successful too - and am glad that we jumped in before it got completely away from us. Anemones are beautiful flowers aren't they? Your mother was right, they ARE jewels.
DeleteI expect another lockdown here too but we have a high vaccination rate, almost 90% for first dose and the second doses are catching up. I worry about the children under 12. I hope you area was closed quickly enough EC.
ReplyDeleteYou have some beautiful blooms to keep you distracted! I always look twice at frosty photos. So unusual for an Australian photo!
Marie Smith: Our vaccination rate has been low, though we are finally picking up the pace. Fingers crossed. We get frosts in my city every year, though many areas of Australia do not. I like it. Crisp, cool - and beautiful.
DeleteTrying again, with glasses on this time.
ReplyDeleteI always love to see your garden flowers and am quite envious. Please stay safe.
Cindi: More is coming out in the garden each day - including rather a lot of weeds. I am safe - and hope you can stay that way too.
DeleteI am sorry to hear about the Covid transmissions in your community, but glad that there is a lockdown there. We should have a lockdown here in Hawaii, too, as the number of new cases keeps soaring, up to over 1,000 a few days ago. It is just awful. However, the governor has imposed new restrictions, so hopefully that will help bring the number down. Take care!
ReplyDeletegigi-hawaii: Our new cases haven't yet reached double figures so hopefully the lockdown was put in place early enough. Time will tell. You take care too please.
DeleteBrilliant flowers, frosty, I love 'em.
ReplyDeleteBob Bushell: Thank you. We love them too.
DeleteCold is a better description, I agree with those others. But your frost touched greenery is fabulous. And all those flowers, wattle are so pretty, and almost all of them are new to me. Thanks!
ReplyDeletePS. I like your mossy rock, and I hope the moss will thrive there.
Charlotte (MotherOwl): The mossy rock is lovely isn't it? The birds bathe with abandon so that rock is often quite damp - which will hopefully allow the moss to thrive. High summer might test it though.
DeleteHope springs eternal with these gorgeous flowers and I love how you caught the frost on the leaves.
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Wisewebwoman: I am fascinated by the frost traceries and often try and capture its beauty - with variable success.
DeleteSo sorry to read about your increased Covid numbers. It's good the homeless are now having access to washable masks. Maybe a small bottle of laundry soap would be helpful, too.
ReplyDeleteYour frost is once again beautiful, and the leaves seem to sparkle with it. I can't believe you are already getting new growth and beautiful new flowers, too. Stunning photos, as always dear.
BTW, I sure hope this publishes.
Bleubeard and Elizabeth: It did publish - I am so glad that blogger relented. This time. We have had a warmer and wetter winter than is usual and the garden is thriving. Weeds and all.
DeleteI am very pleased to say that there is a laundry service in town which offers the homeless washing and drying. The laundry soap is a great idea though.
Your garden looks good - I like the colorful flowers. The frost on the plant looks like art.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
lissa: Nature is a superb artist isn't she?
DeleteOur mask mandate as reinstated here too. The cases are increasing but I seriously doubt we'll have another lockdown even if the cases get really high. Our government doesn't want to shut things down again.
ReplyDeleteMary Kirkland: The State nearest to me resisted lockdown (for longer than they should) and the cases skyrocketed. Their first lockdowns were soft and largely ineffectual. Hopefully the tide has been turned.
DeleteYour flowers are delightful! The frost fairies have left some lovely work, too.
ReplyDeleteMy selections are over here.
messymimi: Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed your Sunday Selections.
DeleteBeautiful flowers do have a great week
ReplyDeleteSteve: Thank you - and you.
DeleteI love the pics of frost on the plants. :) Sorry to hear about the Covid transmission and lockdown though. Best wishes that things stay manageable.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Greg: Welcome. Our numbers are climbing, but so far it does seem to be manageable. Time will tell.
DeleteBeautiful photos of frost and flowers! Here's hoping your lockdown accomplishes its goal. Here in Canada, I think the officials have given up. They removed almost all restrictions, and new infections are skyrocketing. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteDiane Henders: Our officials haven't given up - though the neighbouring State may have. Our lockdown has just been extended, with the proviso that it will be lifted if circumstances improve. Fingers crossed.
DeleteAnother lockdown for you is a bummer however if it helps stop the spread, it will be worth it. here in NI, it is not too good and they are lifting most restrictions even with deaths (3-8) daily and over 1000 cases a day of Covid diagnosed. I love the frost on all your leaves but I am also surprised at how many spring flowers re already out in your garden. Wonderful to see. Thanks for your concerns for my arm/shoulder and this week the physio is very pleased how it has improved over the previous 3 weeks. Now it just need strengthened - more exercises. I am up to 15 daily now!! Tomorrow and Thursday I am having my Myocardial Perfusion Imaging tests on my heart so here's hoping they produce a good result and needing no treatment. Have a GLORIOUS WEEK AHEAD
ReplyDeleteMargaret Birding For Pleasure: I have very happy that your shoulder is improving. Fingers crossed that the cardio tests also return good results. We are hopeful about the lockdown, but will have to wait and see - and will enjoy the garden in the interim.
DeleteThat looks decidedly chilly, but the wonderful array of flowers brightens things up immensely.
ReplyDeleteJohn "By Stargoose And Hanglands": I like the frost, and the flowers it makes but am also delighting in early signs of spring.
DeleteI am so glad your community has responded responsibly to prevent a spread of Civid. I recently moved to Florida, where the governor refuses to mandate restrictions.
ReplyDeleteYour photos inspire me to grow a garden once I’m settled and now that I live on such fertile ground.
Have a safe and healthy week.
Myrna R.: Our lockdown has just been extended. Hopefully we will succeed in crushing this outburst. Living in an area where mandates are not in place I hope (so much) that you can stay safe. Our garden has kept me sane(ish) more than once. I hope that you can start one.
DeleteI am so sorry to hear that and hope it gets contained quickly. We are not out of the woods over here. To think this is a world-wide pandemic, mind boggling. I could say more about it but will give you a break and just end on that subject with a big hug and good thoughts on better days for all of us. Too much going on in the world right now, very sad and very scary. On a brighter note your Sunday Series brings lots of smiles. Thank you for all these wonderful photos you share. Have a very safe and healthy week.
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: Thank you. Better days for the world is a great wish - though I know that I am lucky here. So much luckier than so many. Stay safe - and have fun.
DeleteI did enjoy the photographs here, the flowers are so colourful, it does look chilly though!
ReplyDeleteI think that's a good idea to put a rock in the bird's water bath so that the smaller birds can drink safely ... it's lovely to watch them isn't it.
Stay safe, my good wishes.
All the best Jan
Lowcarb team member ~Jan: Thank you. I do love watching birds bathe. You stay safe as well.
DeleteI'm sorry that you had to go back into lockdown, but so good that action is taken very quickly. In this country a lockdown because of seven cases would not be possible - it didn't even really work last year - because "freedom"... Seemingly, people in Australia use a lot more common sense. I wish it was the same here.
ReplyDeleteAll those spring flowers in your garden look so beautiful. I can imagine how wonderful your morning walks through the garden look like right now (I assume that you walk through the garden every morning to see what has emerged).
Carola Bartz: Of course I take daily walks through the garden - and often more than one. I am grateful for the lockdown, and so far most people seem to be behaving well.
DeleteBrilliant photos and I hope the lockdown slows this thing and that more take the shot. Lots of rain here the last few days, so far nothing worse weather wise and the COVID deaths are mounting. 300 teachers in quarantine and some students and teachers dead. Not optimistic for the future.
ReplyDeletee: One of our problems is that there is insufficient vaccine to go round. Hopefully that will improve. 300 teachers in quarantine? Students and teachers dead? I am so sorry.
DeleteI just love that little ecosystem you have going in the bird bath!
ReplyDeleteI love bulbs, too and the start of spring always reminds me of my grandpa who is long gone. He took such joy in his little garden of snowdrops
kylie: I love the snowdrops too - and was thrilled to see that some of them are coming out too. How is your recovery going? Really, really well I hope.
DeleteI'm still in moon boots because my feet are too swollen for shoes and moon boots mean I can't drive so I'm still confined to home but apart from that I feel like I am recovered. There will be a backwards step or two when I graduate to shoes and there will be some trepidation when I return to public life but considering i was told I'd have three months in a wheelchair and I haven't even hit the three months quite yet, I'm travelling well
Deletekylie: I am thrilled to read this. You can't keep a good (stubborn) woman down. I hear you on the swollen feet caper though.
DeleteUn pò d'inverno lo vorrei ora!!
ReplyDeleteBuona giornata.
Giancarlo: Winter is one of my favourite seasons. Stay as cool as you can.
DeleteFrost and flowers at the same time! Lovely. I'm glad your area is being managed so well during Covid, here it's a free-for-all, people are doing what they want when they want and so on Delta spreads. Stay safe my dear x
ReplyDeleteRuby End: The Delta variant is spreading here too, but hopefully will be nipped in the bud. Fingers crossed. You stay safe too - and hopefully you will be able to get out for your birthday.
DeleteYour garden is a fiesta for my eyes, my spirit. That #4 photo is glorious...the frost on the leaves looks like a miniature ice-garden.
ReplyDeleteI was so sad to read in the news about the virus back in Oz. I'm so glad your Chief Minister didn't wait for it to get worse.
Stay safe, lovely Child.
neena maiya (guyana gyal). The garden keeps me sane(ish). I hope to get back into it later today and this morning notices that I have a tulip in bud. Woo Hoo. There are plenty of frost flowers this morning too.
DeleteSuch a beautiful garden. I would love to stroll through it with you.
ReplyDeleteSorry COVID has reared its head in your area. Kudos on the officials for getting right on this. You wouldn't believe how some people in the states react to vaccinating and mask wearing. I'm afraid it's going to be with us for a good long while. Also kudos to the community groups for getting masks to the homeless.
YOU have a pleasant, productive day.
Sandra Cox: I would love to wander through your garden with you. And your furs. I had a long and busy night last night and hope to get out into our garden later. When the frost has lifted.
DeleteI hope your lockdown is effective. I'm so glad when I hear governments being quick to respond!
ReplyDeleteLove the pics - frost is beautiful!
Jemi Fraser: Thank you. Frost IS beautiful. So far the lockdown seems to be working. Numbers are climbing a little but they have been in isolation for most of their contagious period and most of them are linked to known cases. Fingers crossed.
DeleteI read about the lock down, be safe and ensure that things will always get better. What an interesting post you have written this week, the frost of winter and blooms of Spring. Frost on the leaves and plants look like sprinkles of icing sugar. I love daffodils and they do grown wild, don't they? I am glad you hav some moss growing in your bird's water bath. It was the birds' gift to you for your gift to them!!
ReplyDeletekestrel: Thank you. Our covid numbers are climbing but very slowly. I am glad we are in lockdown.
DeleteYou are right about the icing sugar look. Daffodils do naturalise (grow wild) but these were planted by me.
Our Covid numbers are climbing here too. We are not in lock down yet but things are going worst here. Bye the way flowers are beautiful Dear E.C.!
Deletebread&salt: Our lockdown 'seems' to be working. Time will tell. Stay safe.
DeleteI wish they'd take those steps here. We have so many covid cases in the schools and they won't shut them down. The flowers are lovely. That big red one looks very happy and proud to be blooming so big. :)
ReplyDeletemail4rosey: Our lockdown has been extended. The Delta variant is hitting the young very, very hard. That red anemone is gorgeous isn't it?
DeleteOh how hauntingly beautiful! I simply adore your frost photos...and the flowers are mesmerising, all those wonderful colours. Really lifted my spirits.😊😊
ReplyDeleteThank you so, so much, dearest Sue!
I hope you're having a good day.
Lots of love and hugs ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ygraine: Thank you so much for visiting and commenting despite your pain. I really, really hope that some solution can be found. Look after yourself. Please. And hugs. Of the gentle cyber variety.
DeleteAt least while you are homebound you have some blooms to brighten up your days. It does look like spring is on its way there. I see signs of fall here already. Most leaves are still green and flowers are blooming- but there are hints of yellow and red creeping in little by little. :)
ReplyDeleteBe safe!
~Jess
DMS ~Jess: Thank you. I hope your autumn is healthy, happy and beautiful.
DeleteThoroughly enjoyed your ice crystal photos and those of the flowers. I'd love to see some cat photos too.
ReplyDeleteKalpana: Thank you. I will try and take some photos of Jazz soon. This week's Sunday Selections does feature a cat - but he is a regular visitor rather than a resident.
Deletefiori molto belli!
ReplyDeleteOLga: Welcome - and thank you.
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ReplyDeleteThese flowers are beautiful. It's hard to believe you have winter there, cold but still flowers.
orvokki: We are lucky. We have flowers almost all year - and it is getting warmer each day, though a cold snap is expected to return next week.
Deletesuch a pretty and delightful series of flowers dear EC !!!!!!!
ReplyDeletei loved the stroll absolutely.
your photography is amazing ,close ups are amazing !
blessings to you and loved ones!
baili: Thank you so much - and to you.
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