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The Hippeastrum flower bud is getting larger and the individual four flowers are starting to separate. A second flower stalk is forming on the same bulb but there are no leaves so far.
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Hippeastrum flower bud is getting larger and the individual four flowers are starting to separate. A second flower stalk is forming on the same bulb but there are no leaves so far.
Gloucester Street, Cirencester, on a sunny winter day. I love this grand old town so much.
#Cotswolds #Cirencester
#Cotswolds #Cirencester
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Gloucester Street, Cirencester, on a sunny winter day. I love this grand old town so much.
#Cotswolds #Cirencester
#Cotswolds #Cirencester
I can ß at least for flower buds now
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I can ß at least for flower buds now
The individual flower buds are now becoming visible on the Hippeastrum 'Bronze Lion'. Scroll down for earlier shots.
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The individual flower buds are now becoming visible on the Hippeastrum 'Bronze Lion'. Scroll down for earlier shots.
Flower stalks developing on our Hippeastrum 'Bronze Lion' that I bred some years ago now, a hand-pollinated cross of 'Red Lion' and a Pink and white cultivar. I didn't have the space to grow 100 seedlings to flowering age so selected this one because of its bronze foliage when young.
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Flower stalks developing on our Hippeastrum 'Bronze Lion' that I bred some years ago now, a hand-pollinated cross of 'Red Lion' and a Pink and white cultivar. I didn't have the space to grow 100 seedlings to flowering age so selected this one because of its bronze foliage when young.
Today I made good progress on my next Blast from the Past article for JHM. It's now complete back to December 1975 when my daughter Debbie was just nine months old, seen here with my Mum. And yes, Mum was wearing a real fur coat - entirely acceptable in 1975. It was a hand-me-down family item.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Today I made good progress on my next Blast from the Past article for JHM. It's now complete back to December 1975 when my daughter Debbie was just nine months old, seen here with my Mum. And yes, Mum was wearing a real fur coat - entirely acceptable in 1975. It was a hand-me-down family item.
Walking back from Small Group tonight I took a few star photos on my phone. I love how easy this is to do and how well a phone manages to do it. Here are the Hyades below and the Pleiades above. Not great astro-photography, but fun and lovely.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Walking back from Small Group tonight I took a few star photos on my phone. I love how easy this is to do and how well a phone manages to do it. Here are the Hyades below and the Pleiades above. Not great astro-photography, but fun and lovely.
What a glorious morning! I had a shower and washed my hair and later I plan to walk into town, get my hair cut, and walk back. If I do an extra loop around Stratton that should get me 10 000 steps.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
What a glorious morning! I had a shower and washed my hair and later I plan to walk into town, get my hair cut, and walk back. If I do an extra loop around Stratton that should get me 10 000 steps.
Look what we woke up to this morning!
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Look what we woke up to this morning!
We had a remarkably clear sky all day, not a cloud in sight, I think. The sky was blue after sunset, apart from a strong orange glow along the south-western horizon.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We had a remarkably clear sky all day, not a cloud in sight, I think. The sky was blue after sunset, apart from a strong orange glow along the south-western horizon.
Wow! One of the most intense rainbows I've ever seen has just appeared! Really awesome. Gone now but brilliant for a couple of minutes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wow! One of the most intense rainbows I've ever seen has just appeared! Really awesome. Gone now but brilliant for a couple of minutes.
Coffee at Jacks with Donna.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Coffee at Jacks with Donna.
These autumn leaves are from a Ginkgo biloba 'living fossil' tree in West Way, Cirencester, just where it joins Cricklade Street.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
These autumn leaves are from a Ginkgo biloba 'living fossil' tree in West Way, Cirencester, just where it joins Cricklade Street.
Today was a special day. The minor symptoms of my microstroke have improved, my daughter Beth and her family are here, and a train has appeared in Cirencester Town Station, closed in 1964. I remember travelling in a diesel railcar like this one, it ran several times a day to the main line at Kemble.
October 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Today was a special day. The minor symptoms of my microstroke have improved, my daughter Beth and her family are here, and a train has appeared in Cirencester Town Station, closed in 1964. I remember travelling in a diesel railcar like this one, it ran several times a day to the main line at Kemble.
Old town houses in Gloucester Street, #Cirencester. Wisteria on the front wall, and it's easy to imagine a horse and carriage coming out from the passageway behind the large door. Times past, how the reasonably well-off lived in early Victorian times.
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Old town houses in Gloucester Street, #Cirencester. Wisteria on the front wall, and it's easy to imagine a horse and carriage coming out from the passageway behind the large door. Times past, how the reasonably well-off lived in early Victorian times.
Mop came to town, reminding me of Mop fairs from childhood, rolling big, old pennies down the slot to try for a prize and winning a budgie in a cage one year! I remember the motorcycle 'Wall of Death', dodgems, and the smell of diesel, fried onion and candy floss.
#Mop #Fair #Cirencester
#Mop #Fair #Cirencester
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Mop came to town, reminding me of Mop fairs from childhood, rolling big, old pennies down the slot to try for a prize and winning a budgie in a cage one year! I remember the motorcycle 'Wall of Death', dodgems, and the smell of diesel, fried onion and candy floss.
#Mop #Fair #Cirencester
#Mop #Fair #Cirencester
Enjoying the autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum.
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Enjoying the autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum.
Here's our Hesperantha schizostylus again on 11th October with 1½ new flowers now open. The cultivar is 'Mollie Gould'. You'll find this plant on sale as Schizostylis (the botanical genus) as well as Hesperantha (the correct name). Other cultivars include red and white forms.
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here's our Hesperantha schizostylus again on 11th October with 1½ new flowers now open. The cultivar is 'Mollie Gould'. You'll find this plant on sale as Schizostylis (the botanical genus) as well as Hesperantha (the correct name). Other cultivars include red and white forms.
#Hesperantha coccinea flowing outside our greenhouse a couple of days ago. It's a beautiful plant flowering very late in the season and tolerating semi-shade very well indeed. Graces any garden in the autumn months. You can see there are a lot more flower buds to open yet. #Autumn
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#Hesperantha coccinea flowing outside our greenhouse a couple of days ago. It's a beautiful plant flowering very late in the season and tolerating semi-shade very well indeed. Graces any garden in the autumn months. You can see there are a lot more flower buds to open yet. #Autumn
Donna's Mum, Isobel, with her 80th birthday cake.
September 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Donna's Mum, Isobel, with her 80th birthday cake.
Before dinner I walked out along permissive paths over farmland west of the Gloucester Road near Cirencester, arriving home as it was getting dark.
#Cirencester #Walking #Photos
#Cirencester #Walking #Photos
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Before dinner I walked out along permissive paths over farmland west of the Gloucester Road near Cirencester, arriving home as it was getting dark.
#Cirencester #Walking #Photos
#Cirencester #Walking #Photos