Super photo's Jo, you have a lovely garden as well. Glad you managed to post them, with Karens help.

glad you are sorted Jo, lovely garden pics too

huggs
karenxx

Thanks Doreen. I always panic a bit about anything new to me on the computer! I am glad I am not the only one who finds it difficult sometimes. The number of times Karen has rescued me over the years when i have got stuck over something technical on the site !

Jo x

Lovely pictures all three JO Glad you got there It took me ages to sort it out and even now I don't get it right everytime

Hey it worked! Thanks both Val and Karen. It took me a bit of time but I made it! You now have three pictures from my garden. Look forward to seeing some more of all of yours.

Jo x

Jo I have edited your codes and sent you and email
how to add images from photobucket

Jo lovely pictures of the red roses and blue flowers If you click on the link in your text you can see the picture Lovely

This was supposed to be another image of my garden but I seem to be incapable of downloading images. Can you help as I would love to share them with you properly!

I have tried photobucket as well but the same thing happens.

Jo x

I am unsure if this down load will work but here goes....it is supposed to be a photo of a flower bed in my garden

karen the bird table was one that the birds did not use so my sister-in-law decided to hang her plants on it and it looks fantastic the whole gerden is indeed great. I love visiting them and sitting in the garden enjoyed the views. it is so peaceful as well.

val, i still have the dovecote, that dad made but its not on a pole
its a feature in the garden, will add another pic tomorrow

val I love your garden, its natural, and I know you love the birds
so much but the feed does make new weeds or flowers
whichever it may be I have some growing at the mo
and have no idea what they are till they flower
all dropped by bird seed

doreen love your bro's garden, love that bird house with planters
will have to show my dad

thanks for sharing all your wonderful pics

Well these pictues are fantastic! Doreen you brother's garden is lovely. I htought the statue set off the geranium beautifulkly. And in the second picture, the climbing roses arestunning and the viewis set off by the copper sycamore? acer? in the background. and Karen, lovely to see three of your gardens! It is interesting to see the windmill in two different settings. Your Dad is very clever and you are excellent at knowing how to enhance the features with plants and little creatures combined. It is an enchabnting garden.

OK by the weekend I will try and upload one of my garden as well. It is really lovely to share our garden pleasures. Thank you so much for all the contributions so far.

Jo x

Lovely garden photo's, Doreen & Karen.
Your Brother obviously loves to garden, Doreen.
The windmill with the creatures is cute, Karen. Have you still got the Dovecote?

enjoyed your gardens very much You are clever Karen and love the wooden things made by Dad

first one is from my first garden, pic taken about 1997



this pic from my second garden taken 2007



the last two pics from this garden I have now
when I moved here it was nothing but lawn
and weeds, not one single flower

all wooden items made by my dad





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A different view of my brother's garden in Woodhal;l Spa

These two pictures are of my brothers garden in Woodhall Spa. I am not a gardener

It could be, Jo, I'm not good at garden flower identity, though that & the other which is the same plant, have bloomed from the dropped bird seed.

This one might be easier to identify.

Thanks Val. How interesting your pictures are and how they show that when we look closely we see beautiful things instead of just dismissing them. I wonder if the one lot of yellow flowers could be aconites? I love the closeups of the insects too but particulalry I loved the sparrow on the red hot poker. I always love the seeds dropped by birds which flourish in the garden - especially acqualiga. I iwll enclose some photos of my own garden soon instead of hiding beind the Italian garden - but it was so serene i had to let you share in it.

Thanks again, Val.

Jo x

Very nice, Jo & what a lovely place to live.

Our very scruffy patio, I love seeing it covered in 'weeds', though some of the plants are pretty. They grow from the dropped & missed by the birds bird food.

In the grass.

Red Hot Pokers & a Sparrow.

No idea what this is.

Nor this, it isn't a Dandelion either.

Hoverfly.

Great! Thanks for your enthusiasm Val and Karen. I will try and upload one not of my garden (I wish!) but one in Bellagio near Lake Comos which was part of our holiday.

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Brilliant idea for a thread, Jo. I have lots of garden photo's.