Welcome to today's post, I am taking part in a 31 day blog challenge where I post everyday in October. I love creating challenges for myself and joining ones by others. My challenge for the rest of the month is to reflect on some of the series I created for myself and inspiration that I have taken away.
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Today I am going to be talking about a series on my 365 Days of Colour
I have always loved flowers, my mum started me off on my
green finger journey when I was little and I saw how she took care of the house
plants we had. She brought the tropics
into our home despite us living in a cold climate. I saw her lovingly tend to these plants
deadheading and taking off the leaves that were shriveled checking that the
plants had enough water and nutrients, she loved her plants. As I grew up I started to get plants of my own. I carried on initially with house
plants and as my spaces got bigger I carried the love to
the out doors and in the garden.
Living in a colder climate you won't always see the rich and vibrant colours in the middle of the winter and so where ever I went I just started to take photographs. It started out when I would go for my walks, the walks would take extra time cause I would be caught by the colours I passed on my route. After exhausting my local community I would keep a look out for flowers in other gardens. Some of my favorite places were parks and botanical
gardens like Kew Gardens. I was in my
element, among the grounds, lost in the beauty and the scents. I had never thought of doing something with the images. Like most of my other challenges I created
for myself they are not initially planned in advance. I get up with an idea and then I am driven to
put it in place.
There are many plants that I was able to grow in my Wembley
garden and that was 13 years of physical, and financial investment over the
years. When I think about the garden I think
about having another room that you can spend time in.
When you are dealing with colder climates you
might not get to enjoy sitting out there but the differences with a garden
filled with the sun’s rays compared to a garden filled with snow is definitely a
sight to see and has beauty to be seen and the first buds that come up in the
spring and the autumn falling leaves all bring beauty in their own way.
Check out my Tropical Garden Series. I will be sharing part two of the 365 Days of Colour tomorrow and I hope during this month you find some time to challenge, be creative and stretch yourself.
Why not join me each day for the rest of October as we dive into to some exciting challenges and look at ways in which they can impact on your own life.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow, it is never too late to start! The main thing is to take one step at a time and do something that you find interesting.
Stay blessed and be a blessing.
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