Flower Patches

We're having a sunny garden inspired week here......so i thought i'd show you this little flower patch pincushion, complete with bee button ..........and i also wanted to show some pictures of my real flower patch ...........

 .............i finally grew some hollyhocks :) and the snails have only nibbled the leaves a bit......i love the daisies and cornflowers together, with some poppies growing behind, a nice bit of red, white and blue...

 ............there are some very orange gazanias which was a surprise but they do add a bit of zing to the pretty planting.....everything has been flowering since the sun began to shine, and lots of things have self seeded, such a bonus.......

 ...........the beehive is a composter, not a real beehive.......the victorian cloche was a present form mr p....such a lovely one too......the tangle of sweetpeas below became much more flowery since that picture was taken, as you can see in the lower photo......

 .............i sooo love sweetpeas, these are my cheap and cheerful ones producing masses of blooms.......

 ...........a little garden scrapbook made ages ago and found again recently.....it's so interesting to keep these and look back at your garden and all the changes over the years.......though blogs do that too :)

                                          .........a posy from my very own cutting patch............

..........and now in a pretty jug indoors........this week i had the pleasure of spending a sunny afternoon in the delightful garden of some lovely friends......when i have sorted out the pictures i look forward to sharing them too....other people's gardens are so inspiring, aren't they??

.....thank you for visiting me here in my little bit of blogland.....i so enjoy your visits......i will be taking a short blog break as we are off to the seaside in a couple of days time but i will be visiting you before i go :)........wishing you happy sunny days.....back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx