 January snow, 2010 |

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 February snowdrops |
 compost distributed light snow ... |
 ... and the new compost heap |
 mid February lots of snow |

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 mid-March irises |

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 crocuses |

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 late March tête à tête daffodils ... |
 ...with crocuses |

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 April Fool's Day and April snow |
 enjoying the cold newly planted parsnips and onions |
 weighed down with snow |

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 next day - back again |
 vegetable garden |
 Forsythia April 2010 |
 Camelia flowering at last |
 Amarylis first of three buds |

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 flowering cherry April-May 2010 |
 hosts of tulips April-May 2010 |

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 new tulips |
 a riot of Amarylis ... |
 ... with the third four joining the second two |
 cactus flower |

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 Hibiscus |
 Berberis |
 the last tulips |

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 the final amarylis |

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 Starling & fledgeling |
 The pineapple June 2009 |

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 Breakfast, al fresco |
 Allium |

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 pansies |

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 Driveway ... |
 ... newly cleaned |
 the red Amarylis June 2010 |

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 with four plus two blooms |

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 cutting back the grass on the stones |
 pond irises |
 blue irises |
 roses |

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 blue iris |
 new rhododendron |

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 Japanese Maple |
 the Pineapple, harvested |

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 Camelia, at last! June 2010 |

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 Rose Hedge in bloom |

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 oranges & lemons |

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 solitary water lilly July 2010 |
 orchid new flowering |
 second spray |

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 Hydrangea August 2010 |

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 Cleaning the pond August 2010 |
 Peter in the pond |

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 Hips on the rose hedge September 2010 |

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 Clouds from the bedroom |
 October Dahlia |

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 October dawn |
 Marauder at the fence |
 November freeze |

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 the Orchid a further new flowering November 2010 |

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 the freeze continues photo:HTC phone |

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 frosty dawn photo:HTC phone |

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 new bird feeder ... |
 ... for the continuing freeze |
 Yet more blooms on the orchid |