Gary 🌱🪶🏊‍♂️

To keep me happy at this dank time of year planted 🌱 seeds indoors for a strong start to spring.

Got a surprise! these cucumbers 🥒 only 1 week after sowing.

Night sky with clouds back lit by bright moonlight. Stars dotting the blue night sky. The foreground has palms, balcony lighting and a bridge over some water that has red under water lights.

Looked skywards to find the Wolf Moon and got this ⬇️.
Very happy 😀. 🌱

So can I .

Had some some of the heritage one in a meal tonight with tomatoes, potatoes and yogurt tonight. Delicious.

Small round plastic pots with blue lids. Each pot has a label detailing the chilli powder inside the pot. Zoom in to read. In the back ground is Christmas themed paper which will be used to wrap the pots. 🌱

🌱🌶️ they are ready to wrap 👏🥳

Dried chilli’s on the drying mat lining of a fruit dryer. Fruits are generally red with some yellow ones.

The plan was dry the fruits, create powder by putting them in the coffee grinder! Then pot the powder to Christmas tree gifts.

Glimpse of red morning sun peeking over the horizon. Still sea with reflections of the blue sky and wispy white clouds.

Good morning ☀️.
Looking forward to gardening 🌱later on.

I’ve got the song Supernature by Cerrone buzzing around my mind when I see the lovely inflatables on TV and other media.

Annette you have always been welcome.

👏

Venetia that is lovely.

2 painted metal ornamental chicken watch a real live wood pigeon in a cast stone bird bath which is in a rose bed. The roses are still in bloom. On the edge of a lush green grass lawn are 2 cast stone ornamental animals (dog and giant snail) enjoying the morning sun.

Lovely morning 🌱 🪶 . Lots going on here 👇.

Owl perched on a branch looking directly in to my eyes.

Badger family resting underground in their sett.

Wild Scottish highland cat with something in its open mouth with aggressive expression.

Deer with mature horns eating grass in a park.

Had a great day out at a local wildlife centre. It was fun, lots to see. After 2 hours heavy rain curtailed the visit.
Going back soon to tour the wetlands. 🪶 🦉 🦡 🐈 🦌

Multi colour chilli fruits Bueno Mulata in a clear plastic container.

Final chillies harvested 🌶️ 🌱

4 different types of chilli, mainly red in plastic containers after harvesting. Label in each container tells what it is and how hot measured in Scoville Heat Units.

Time for chilli harvest. It’s been a good year 👏👏🌱🌶️.
I’ve got plans! More about that next week 😃.

First time I’ve tried it, so not an expert.

I enjoyed the adventure 😃. 🌱

Raisins in a plastic food box.

Grapes in a fruit dryer partly dried.

Fresh green grapes after washing, in a plastic container ready for drying.

Done it 🌱 👏. Grapes washed, put in fruit dryer and raisins ready to snack on. Pleased.

Sorry I don’t know. 🌱

Ha ha ha!!! cucumber 🥒in the olive tree 🌱.

Lovely. Thankyou.

Thank you. I was terrified that the birds would take an interest before my harvest 😱. 🌱

Fantastic.

I haven’t really done anything with them in the past as the harvests have been small, this year is really good and the grapes are sweet. 🌱

Bunches of green grapes in a bag after picking.

Bunches of green grapes hanging from the vine with lots of green vine leaves.

Time for the grape harvest 🌱 🍇. Planning to turn the grapes in to raisins.

The roses are still blooming fantastic! 🌱. 🌹

Is there a face on the surface of the moon floating in a dusk blue sky. Some tree in the foreground.

At home sitting in the garden 🌱, enjoying the views, happy 😃. Can you see the Man in the Moon? 🌖

Dusk the next day 🌱 🪶 🦢

White Mute Swan paddling around a scenic countryside pond. Reflection of the swan are in the water.

Not my garden 🌱. I felt calmed by the reflections, the light and the serenity of this scene. Lovely. 🪶 🦢

Buddha lit by the morning sun. Green leaves and grass in the background.

Good morning 🌱.

Statue of Sleeping Buddha made of stone sitting in a leafy flowerbed.

The garden 🌱 needed another point of interest, Sleeping Buddha in a flower bed.

More.

Cabbage White butterfly on a bright green laurel hedge.

Butterfly red and brown colouring, resting a purple flower, green leaves background.

Bug day in the garden 🌱. Part 2. Butterflies. Lots here is normal. Fortunate.