I saw these heathers on Tuesday when I went to view the furniture but for some reason I hadn't got my camera on me....this is why I miss my broken P&S which was on me at all times.
The sun was really highlighting the rich colours better on Tuesday as the sun was out more but these were still pretty yesterday.
I must say a big, big thank you for all your comments & faves on my Ridges photo, I actually got on the PP the first time in weeks & weeks so even more thrilling!!!
Three good things:
1. I have discovered that the new black trolleys at Booths hopefully reduce the electric shocks I receive when I get things off the shelves. If they work it will be better than gloves!!!
2. I have at last finished a series of three books in the The Scots Classic Series called A Scots Quair by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. A marathon full of very Scottish dialogue & terms which sometimes very heavy going. Beautifully written & am so glad I completed all three books although the first one was the best...now for a light chic lit book!!
3. The three cornered chair I bought yesterday has gone to the furniture restorer & we discovered that the wobbly seat is actually rush seating under the horrible padding....will look quite good when finished & perhaps not such a bad buy after all!!!
---and I thought Pat ,on 1st glance that you had a lovely spot to sit in the sun in your garden I know now after reading that you like me admired this lovely heather !
I love heather, We don't grow much of it around here.
Sumac is a scrub tree,. It doesn't often get higher than 20 feet. It suckers easily and therefore very invasive. It has red fuzzy fruit that stays all winter.Stag horn is one variety of sumac.
There you go - that chair will turn out to be Chippendale next! Lovely seat here too - I used to do a summer job at a heather nursery - it was a killer for your shoulder and neck putting cuttings into seed trays (all the adult women took the decent seats and left us with things that were the wrong height with no backs). I wasn't that quick (my friend Lynn was a whizz) so they moved me to taking cuttings in a greenhouse (all the way through a heatwave) and finally onto outside weeding which was out of the boss's gaze and much better. 37p/hour!
@judithg Slave labour Judith & monotonous too ....William did his work experience in a nursery & poor lad he wasn't the slightest bit interested in that sort of thing really , he found it very boring!!
This seat against the stone wall of the house looks a hot spot when the sun is shining but probably fairly public. I get shocks when I get out of the car and shut the door! I always do it very gingerly. I must be electrically absorbent!
That heather is so beautiful...in fact, the entire composition of wall, bench, heather and sunshine is perfectly gorgeous! Well spotted and photographed, Pat. Sounds like you found a treasure in the tri-cornered chair! I can totally relate to being electrically charged...there are days in the grocery store I feel as though I'm out to be electrocuted. :)
Sumac is a scrub tree,. It doesn't often get higher than 20 feet. It suckers easily and therefore very invasive. It has red fuzzy fruit that stays all winter.Stag horn is one variety of sumac.