Winter colour

There is some winter colour in my garden...not too much...just enough...

 hellebores/winter roses

 I pruned off the old leaves so the new growth and flowers can be seen

 primroses/primula...looking a bit ragged around the edges..like me :))

 these ones are looking better

 self sown violets/violas

 and I've just found out these are called bergenia

 azaleas

 and these are roses...which I don't want!

 

I mean...I like roses...I just don't want them in my garden!  All those thorns, and they only look nice for a short period each year.  So, I will prune them back, and I have a friend who is happy to take them (she can bring me a bunch of roses every now and then), and I think I will grow ivy along the fence.  It's a shady area...gets a little sun in summer, but none in winter, so I am hoping ivy will do ok there.

Finished the back and half the front of my vest in the Mithral yarn...

 it looks grey in the photo, but it is actually a mossy green

And a lovely surprise in the mail earlier this week!  I won 1kg of real wool from K4C, one of the charity groups I knit for.  The yarn is from Bendigo Woollen Mills and will be so nice to knit with.  Not sure what I will knit yet...perhaps some children's garments...

Have been between books for awhile.  Just can't seem to find one I can get into.  So decided to read this one.  It's Anne's latest (I have all her other non fiction ones and really like her writings), so will see how I go...

 

 

Still have family visiting,  but they have gone off sight seeing for the day, so I'm catching up with a few home chores (and this post).  It's been grey all morning, but the sun is shining weakly this afternoon, so I might make a start on those roses.

 

Then again...maybe I'll sit by the fire and knit :))

 

xx