1 Sunrise was particularly beautiful this morning. I love the straight line of the clouds and the sunbeams coming in from the left. The name in the title is what dawn used to be known as by farmers in the Eighteenth Century (as I have just learned from a brilliant book I’m reading called ‘The Horologican’ by Mark Forsyth about lost words of the English language)
Sunrise 7:1:13
2 These beautiful hyacinths were given to us for Christmas and are almost in full bloom and smell just lovely. The scent wafts all the way up the stairs. Aren’t they just the loveliest colour?
Hyacinths
3 On a short walk down the lane this afternoon, energy levels being still rather low, I noticed this amazing leafless ivy in the shape of a tree all the way from the bottom to the top of the wall.
Ivy stems
petit4chocolatier
January 11, 2013 at 2:18 am
Gorgeous! Love the hyacinths !!
djdfr
January 8, 2013 at 3:16 pm
I like hyacinths very much also and hope some will soon come up in my garden.
Is ivy deciduous or could it be something like Virginia creeper?
mybeautfulthings
January 8, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Good question! I’ll let you know when the leaves come back! 🙂
niasunset
January 8, 2013 at 7:33 am
Good Morning dear Sally and have a nice day. I loved your photographs, how beautiful. Thanks and Love, nia
Hudson Howl
January 8, 2013 at 3:24 am
Three pictures that make me think how similar and different everyone’s experience can be. A sunrise, we all have the best, yours as good as any, An inside plant; I’ve seen beautiful blooms in the grandest homes as well as in the shabbiest of abodes. As for walls, well, China my have the longest, the British Isles the most and the most charming, but here Canada we have hardly none.
Bernice
January 8, 2013 at 2:28 am
I love hyacinths – they are so pretty!
Choc Chip Uru
January 8, 2013 at 1:58 am
These hyacinths are simply perfect my friend 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
mybeautfulthings
January 9, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Hoping that you are safe given the news we are hearing about your part of the world xx
Kathleen Richardson
January 7, 2013 at 11:55 pm
I understand about the aroma of the hyacinths. Never smelled them anywhere but in a garden until this morning when I walked by the one sitting in my living room window. Wow, winter is just starting and it already smells like spring.
juditon
January 7, 2013 at 8:33 pm
Very nice pictures specially the Day-Peep. Thank you for the word and the images.
Our Growing Paynes
January 7, 2013 at 8:12 pm
Gorgeous sun rise…
WordsFallFromMyEyes
January 7, 2013 at 7:59 pm
Good morning! 🙂
I love the ivy stems, and the vibrance of those lilac flowers. And true: it’s a straight line of clouds!
It’s so, so wonderful how you highlight the beauties of each and every day, just beautiful, Sally.
I know I drop by randomly – it all has to do with work, and sometimes a bit overwhelmed with emails, etc – but I absolutely love coming here & seeing what you’ve seen, in the beauty of your days. You’ve got a truly wonderful blog.