1 I discovered these delightful curly stems on the ground in the garden this morning. It looks as if there will be lots of Cyclamen Hederifolium flowers this year but I was expecting them to flower in the Autumn! Perhaps they think it is Autumn already. It is cool enough and there are spiders’ webs covered in rain drops all over the garden.
Cyclamen Hederifolium
2 It may be cool out there but we have lots of our own lettuce leaves to eat – today a simple Italian salad of Pomodorinos, avocado and mozzarella with a balsamic dressing. I forgot the basil until after the photos!
Lunch
3 The rain has beaten the poppies down and the wind has shaken off some petals sooner than hoped. They are still very beautiful and I love how the raindrops cling to the hairy stems.
Poppies and raindrops
Fallen poppy petal
Marilyn Griffin
July 3, 2013 at 3:48 am
The fallen Poppy for sure!…just beautiful!…and your presentation of the salad is just as beautiful…I’ve never seen the curly cyclamen…You show me things and use words I’ve never heard…great teacher!
Courgette was one of them…now, I know…Zucchini…
valeriedavies
July 3, 2013 at 3:01 am
Lunch looks lovely !!!
Jim
July 2, 2013 at 11:49 pm
The flowers are beautiful. And, the lunch looks so delicious.
lodgehousebandbsomerset
July 2, 2013 at 10:08 pm
the poppy photos are great
mybeautfulthings
July 5, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Thank you. The colours are so gorgeous, vibrant and delicate at the same time. 🙂
Heidi @ lightlycrunchy
July 2, 2013 at 9:24 pm
We’ve been enjoying lots of salads from the garden too – I love this time of year. Looking forward to seeing what the curly plant turns into..
mybeautfulthings
July 5, 2013 at 4:33 pm
I’ll be sure to show you when the time comes…..
mybeautfulthings
July 5, 2013 at 4:33 pm
I’ll be sure to show you when the time comes…..
greenbenchramblings
July 2, 2013 at 8:51 pm
Great photos of rain on petals. That salad looks pretty good too. Seems as if lettuce prefer the rain to the sun, not like us gardeners who prefer the sun. Malc
mybeautfulthings
July 5, 2013 at 4:33 pm
We have sun today! Promised for a week so let’s see if that brings out some flowers for you and for me though I do like the photo opportunity afforded by the rain. 🙂
Choc Chip Uru
July 2, 2013 at 8:43 pm
The raindrops on the leaf are captured beautifully 😀
Love it!
Cheers
CCU
John Roberts
July 2, 2013 at 7:31 pm
One of the raindrops on the stem to the right of the yellow poppy, when enlarged, contains wonderful images all of its own, like a miniature garden. Lovely pictures, Sally.
mybeautfulthings
July 2, 2013 at 7:41 pm
Thank you so much. I hadn’t enlarged the photo that much and that was a lovely surprise. 🙂
dhphotosite
July 2, 2013 at 6:41 pm
I never saw cyclamen stems curl like that. How interesting. The photo of the fallen poppy petal is marvelous.
mybeautfulthings
July 2, 2013 at 7:42 pm
Thank you. Sometimes photos just work out! 🙂
Don
July 2, 2013 at 6:40 pm
That fallen Poppy petal is brilliant.
mybeautfulthings
July 2, 2013 at 7:42 pm
Thank you! I was pleased with it too. 🙂