June 2018 Photo Hunt

Gosh, it's time for another joining-in with Hawthorn's photo hunt.  Can't believe where the time has gone!  Don't forget to visit her photo hunt pictures and see who else has joined it.  It is such a treat to see how everyone interprets her words.  Click here to see her photos.

It was not a difficult choice of words.  The difficulty for me was in which photos to use and which not to use!

So, off we jolly well go.

1   Yellow

Now, at this time of year there is a lot of yellow around.  I had at least 10 photos I could have used even before I looked at my archives but here is my choice!

Top - yellowish bee collecting yellow pollen from a yellow wild poppy.

Middle - the laburnum tree from our old house.

Bottom - a field full of buttercups (and some grass I'm sure!).

2   Starts with T

Do you recall the Disaster photo from last month's photo hunt?  Click here to see it.  Well I've spent hours digging a Trench; well actually 3.  They are not finished (been out of sorts with a cold/virus thing for weeks....).

Top - the water going where it thought it was best to go.

Bottom - one of my trenches, guiding the water where 

I want it to go.  It will be interesting to see this when

it has been raining for weeks and weeks....

3   Lilac

Another word that had lots of possibilities.  In the end I decided what I wanted and went to find it!

A wisteria over a lovely door.  Found this in Gigglewick.

4   Starts with G

This was an easy one!  G is for Greystones.  We moved here at the end of March 2015; the previous occupants were not gardeners....  so I have spent many hours since then trying to create a garden that I like and can manage as I get older as my knees and hips don't want to play very much!

Top - a area of the bramble infested banking with some daffodils;

also the wooden bridge is rotten.....

Bottom - no brambles, more daffodils and lots of foxgloves,

hardy geraniums, geums etc etc.  Yes the old bridge is

still there; I use it to hang on to as I step down into

the Zambezi (the stream that runs round the edge of the 

garden).  Beloved helped me move a big stone to

create a new bridge and I added steps to 

improve the access.  Still work to be done

but I know where I am going now!

5   Silver

Another one I had to hesitate over; so many choices, loads of photos but in the end a day out with a friend to Saltaire gave me what I wanted.

Left - a silver birch.

Right - silver Stachys lanata, full of bees so must get some for my garden.

6   Own Choice

At the last moment I changed my mind as I recalled (with delight) how you liked the ducklings from last month.

Standing at the bottom of my garden, looking down onto the beck I noticed this smallish

duckling.  It wanted some tasty morsel just out of its reach but it stretched itself up

as much as it could and finally it was rewarded.  What a joy to see.

Well, that's it for another month.  Now I will and see Hawthorn's link page to see who else is joining in.  I check this page several times over the following week to ensure I see everyone.

Bye!