#SixOnSaturday
#FlowerReport :

From San Jose and Gilroy, California this week.

To say I am blown away is an understatement, What a night! Glastonbury Tor and the Aurora...incredible.

#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerReport :

From Gilroy, California this week.

I'm not really one for big, iconic views; sometimes the essence of the #peakdistrict countryside can be summed up in one tiny, humble glance - a tumbledown barn, moss-covered walls, and stretching green hills as far as the eye can see.

7. Four shades of grey in Antarctica

Tower of strength and light. Sunrise from this morning on Glastonbury Tor. The sun is currently rising central archway in St Michael's tower.

#InsectThursday ,
and a dab of #FlowerReport ,
from Gilroy, California a few days ago.

I've never seen such a display of wild garlic before, it was like a white foaming sea before me! #wildgarlic #woodlands #wildflowers #botany #NatureBeauty

Making the most of a flaw in the timber; embracing and working with it, rather than cutting it out. A typically playful, almost hidden (and undoubtedly off the cuff) detail from a bespoke oak cabinet I worked on with my father many years ago.
(Image recently unearthed)

#RoseWednesday
#FlowerReport :

From San Jose, California
over the past few days.

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
– John Muir

My little bee painting is finished. These gorgeous little creatures go about their business pollinating vital crops for us and I felt that it was time they had a little shout out. So here is the 'Humble Bumble', painted because...well...I just felt like it!
Oil on board 8 x 8'

Every morning since Boxing Day, trying to mitigate the effects of ongoing chemo, I have walked a number of miles to an old hawthorn tree at the edge of some barley fields. By visiting one particular tree so regularly, we've become wordless friends and I've witnessed every tiny…

#TuesdayBlue
#FlowerReport :

From San Jose, California
two weeks ago.

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#ThickTrunkTuesday :

All tied up in knots.

#MacroMonday
#FlowerReport :
In Downtown San Jose, California, Friday.

'What kind of Traffic Control is this?'

Good night, #FlowerReport .

So many beautiful flowers today.
Thank you all so much.

Dream well.

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#FlowerReport :

Near Downtown San Jose,
a California golden poppy,
and a yellow #bumblebee .

#FlowerReport :

A rose with a ladybug friend,
in San Jose, California this morning.

#FlowerReport :

A lily from San Jose, California.