One of a pair of sphinxes (or sphinges, if you prefer) that sit below the lower rose terrace, overlooking the canal garden at Bodnant Garden in Wales.
SquareUp: Uproar
Bodnant Gardens In Laburnum Season

I’m sharing pictures from our trip to Bodnant Gardens in the Conwy Valley, Wales about this time last year. Closed at the moment, it’s a natural addition to my Pictures for Dreaming series. Continue reading “Bodnant Gardens In Laburnum Season”
Azaleas In Flower

My sweetheart calls Azaleas ‘party girls’, because they burst into flower, divert our attention from everything around them, drop their flowers and then leave things looking a bit boring. His words, not mine! But while they last… Continue reading “Azaleas In Flower”
Wordless Wednesday: Garden Path
More English Roses, Anyone?


Winter Walk Around Bodnant Garden in Wales
Only last week I was bemoaning the lack of a Tardis to transport me to a snow-covered Bodnant Garden, near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales. The universe did not send me a Tardis, but it did the next best thing. A friend asked us to check out the place his family came from – Dolgellau – and Bodnant just happened to be on our way home.
While the snow in the garden had long gone, heavy white shawls on the Snowdonia mountain range opposite gave Bodnant a wintry feeling. The 130 acres of garden give plenty of scope for walking: you really need some form of season ticket* to make the most of it all. Continue reading “Winter Walk Around Bodnant Garden in Wales”