Raindrops on Roses

Finally some relief from the 80 f + temperatures

Rain -

short lived


but very welcome

You can see where we've been escaping the heat
over on my other blog Renaissance Vintage Notebook.

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Broody Hens and Racing Hounds

It's been an exciting week here in the Renaissance household

with the addition of retired greyhound,

Jake ,

who is proving to be a real gentleman

and our little hen Bramble going broody.

With the best will in the world she was never going to be a mother

as we don't have a cockeril.

So we've purchased some, hopefully, fertile bantam eggs from ebay

and we're waiting patiently.

We will of course keep you posted on the results.

A Midsummers Eve Walk in the Woods

"I know a bank where the wild thyme grows,

Quite over-canopied with the lucious woodbine,

With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."

A Midummer's Night Dream

Wild foxgloves.

Rhododendrons.

Honeysuckle - "the lucious woodbine."

All in blossom this weekend in the woods near us.

Renaissance Springwatch 2009 - Breakfast with Dad

You should be able to enlarge the photographs a little by clicking on them.

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Pictures from the herb garden

Just a quick post today with some pictures from our herb garden

Sage

Horseradish

Lavender

I'll be back later in the week with our very own "Springwatch" photographs.

In the meantime the hedgerows are full of Elderflower so we'll be making Elderflower Champagne you can find our recipe here.

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From my Grandmothers' Garden

Although she has long gone my Grandmother will always be remembered not least for the orange blossom,
the iris,


and the peonies

that all grow in my garden.

Once they were in hers now they are in mine.

Flowers from my Grandmothers' garden.

Flowers from my childhood.

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Perfume Delight

I can't begin to describe the glorious perfume in our garden at the moment, and it's all thanks to this mock orange blossom shrub.

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